Mikulovská wine grown in Mikulovská than any other Moravian region. The most planted red varieties are Saint Laurent ("Svatovavrinecké", 310 ha), Blaufränkisch ("Frankovka", 248 ha), Zweigelt ("Zweigeltrebe", 181 ha), and Pinot noir ("Rulandské modré", 172 ha). Plantings of Blauer Portugieser ("Modrý Portugal", 92 ha) has decreased rapidly, while Cabernet Sauvignon (89 ha) has increased. The Czech Wine Classification System, set in the Viticulture Act of 2004, is based on the sugar content of the grapes at harvest. Sugar content is measured using the Normalizovaný moštomer (°NM) scale, a measure of how many kilograms of sugar are in 100 litres of must. 1
History of the wine press Terentius Varro, Pliny the Elder and others described wooden wine presses that utilized large beams, capstans and windlasses to exert pressure on the pomace. The wines produced by these presses were usually darker, with more color extracted from the skins but could also be more harsh with bitter tannins also extracted. That style of wine press would eventually evolve into the basket press used in the Middle Ages by wine estates of the nobility and Catholic Church leading to the modern tank batch and continuous presses used in wineries today. The exact origins of winemaking (and, thus, of pressing grapes)