As many of you may already know, using oak barrels in wine fermentation and aging increases wine aromatic complexity and improves overall quality. The use of oak in wine is and has always been very popular, despite the fact that…
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Applying Oak Extract to Petit Verdot Vines: Making Oaked Wines Without Oak Barrels?
The Influence of Oak Chips on Aromatic Quality of Wine
Using Fungi-Treated Oak Chips to Increase the Extraction of Oak Character into Aging Wines
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…