Wine making

[BertiWooster]

I was watching an episode of - ' Entrada ' - Journeys in latin american cuisine ( hosted by the lovely Roanna ) .

Anyway I was amazed to see an item on a vineyard , where they were making wine by , by treading on the grapes to crush them

Given that the part of the human body that harbours the most germs is between the toes - ( quite apart from any cuts etc that people may have on their feet ) why is this
unhygienic method still adopted ?

ugh - enough to put to you off your chablis .

[Ice.Maiden]

Well it's been done throughout the ages Berti, and we've never heard of anyone contracting any hideous disease because of it. Perhaps the fermentation process removes such bacteria???
Eeeewwww, though........

[coccinelle]

The grapes are all going mouldy anyway so a bit more bacteria won't hurt. The alcohol will kill off anything harmful. Saying this I don't like Latin America wines much and keep to the french wines (not allowed to tread them here due to EU regulations)