As a result of the relatively high cost of oak barrels, winemakers have been searching for a comparable alternative at a fraction of the cost. Oak chips, while somewhat taboo in their earlier days, are gaining favor among winemakers as…
Category: Enology
Antioxidant Capacity of Different Woods: Which Barrels Produce the Healthiest Wines?
Earlier in October, The Academic Wino reported on a study investigating the influence of toasting on the antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition of oak-aged wines (click here for that article). The main finding of that research was that model wines…
Enhancing the Sweet Nectar: The Effect of Pollen Addition on Fermentation and Sensory Characteristics of Mead
For today’s post, I am going to stray away from our usual discussion of all things V. vinifera, and discuss current research related to another type of wine. Part of the foray into something new is that well, for one,…
Phenolic Composition of Organically Grown Grapes Do Not Change with Different Winemaking Techniques
flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/2922863195/ It has been well documented that the phenolic composition of wine differs depending upon a variety of factors: including, but not limited to; the type of grape, environmental conditions, disease pressures, soil type, geographical location, and grape maturity status. …