What Is Open-Vat Fermentation — and Why Does It Matter for the Wines You Taste in Yorkville?
Open-vat fermentation is one of the oldest and most hands-on techniques in natural winemaking — and it’s rarely explained well, even by the wineries that practice it. If you’ve ever wondered why some wines from small Yorkville and Anderson Valley producers taste so alive and different from what you find on a supermarket shelf, this is a big part of the answer.
