Among the activities taking place in the winery this time of year is racking. There many reasons to rack. The most common reasons are: natural clarification of the wine, getting the wine off the lees and gently getting more oxygen into the wine. The first racking follows the settling of the wine following pressing to get it off the "gross lees." The gross lees are the solid matter; tiny bits of grape skin and pulp that is suspended in the wine after pressing. This matter