Punch-Down: Also known as pigéage, the process of breaking up the thick layer of skins, stems and seeds that forms at the surface of fermenting red wine and submerging it during fermentation to ...

The reserved wine is then pumped back into the original tank over the top of the drained skins, seeds and stems. Like punch downs and pump overs, the purpose of devatting is to increase the extraction ...

This fruity wine punch reminded me of mulled wine ... Sangria likely originated from hippocras, a watered-down, spiced wine that the early Greeks and Romans drank before water was potable.