While a technician shovels pomace into the small tractor-powered sheller, the pits are separated from the moist mash, which is then placed in an ordinary cement mixer. |
Control is difficult, and includes destruction of breeding places, such as piles of rejected fruit and pomace. |
A first step was to find an economic use for the pomace and for bagasse, the by-product of the sugar industry. |
The lighter pressings employed by top winemakers today means more juice or wine remains with the pomace and a more elegant, aromatic grappa can be distilled. |
Some examples of these include cottonseed, buckwheat, corncobs, grape pomace, pine straw, and pecan, walnut, and rice hulls. |
Brandy is the umbrella term for a spirit produced from grape pomace or marc, or from wine or fruit. |