Distillation Of Wine

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CHEMISTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CHM 1000 spring 2012 LABORATORY REPORT # 2 DISTILLATION OF WINE Presented by: FEBRUARY 18 2012 Introduction: Distillation is a widely used method for separating mixtures based on differences in the conditions required to change the phase of components of the mixture. To separate a mixture of liquids, the liquid can be heated to force components, which have different boiling points, into the gas phase. The gas is then condensed back into liquid form and collected. Repeating the process on the collected liquid to improve the purity of the product is called double distillation. Our experiment consists of distilling wine and record the alcoholic content which is called brandy. Pre-Lab Questions: 1) Discuss the phenomenon of rain, in terms of vaporization and condensation. Is rain-water distilled water? Rain water is formed through the water cycle process. Water from Ocean evaporates and rises into the atmosphere. When the temperature and humidity reaches a certain level, combined with moisture in the air, it creates condensation which is the process that changes vapor into water again. Although rain water has been distilled as it evaporates, it is not distilled water because on the way down, it is not pure as it gets mixed up and dissolves all the dust and CO2 and becomes carbonic acid which is acid rain. 2) Port and sherry are called “fortified wines” because alcohol is added to a fermented wine to prevent it from turning to vinegar when exposed to air. Beginning with squeezed grape-juice which contains sugar, water and yeast, design a procedure for making a fortified wine. Fortified wine is a wine to which distilled beverage like brandy is added to it. Two common fortified wines are Port and Sherry. Port is a type of wine that has alcohol added to it during the fermentation process. The grapes are picked when

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