wine vat
Cellar fermentation tank
A wine vat is a large container used for fermenting or storing wine.
Traditionally made of wood, modern vats may be stainless steel or concrete.
The vat holds crushed grapes during fermentation, when sugars convert to alcohol: The winemaker checked the temperature in each vat daily.
- caskWooden storage barrel
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- cellarUnderground storage room
- oak barrelCoopered wooden storage vessel
- grapeVine-grown berry cluster
oak · press · grape harvest · harvest · crush · juice · tannin · vintage · aging · staves · cooper · must · yeast · burgundy · vino · treading · spigot · bung
container size/scale
wine vatwine glass
Stemmed drinking vessel
wine bottle · goblet · single serving · tasting glass · bottle