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By Jan LaValley
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Sharp Rock Farm sits peacefully at the base of Old Rag Mountain in the F.T. Valley. But life for owners Marilyn and David Armor has been slightly less than peaceful lately.
The Armors just finished the annual harvest for the vineyard they operate on their farm. ' In its sixth year of operation, the Armor’s are celebrating their first year being a licensed winery. Before this year, they operated the vineyard and sold the grapes to other wineries.
David Armor said the key to good wine is good grapes and cleanliness.
Process
Their technique is handson (wine making), he said. They are looking for quality rather than quantity and starting out small will allow them to control the quality of the wine they produce.
Once the grapes are harvested they are taken in to be crushed. Crushing gets rid of the stems, leaves and other things you don’t want.
Then the pulp is put into the bladder press, which further crushes the grapes and presses all the juice out.
That juice then goes into the settling tank where it does just that, The pulp, which settles to the bottom, is solid matter and the juice is then pumped off.
The clear grape juice is put into barrels to age. Yeast is added while the juice is in the barrel through a spout in the
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