While Ben and I are always keen to rabbit on about what goes into a bottle, we haven’t talk for a while about some of the more technical aspects that help keep your wine in perfect condition - both before and after you’ve opened the bottle.
We forget that wine is merely a mid way pause on the journey from grape juice to vinegar.That journey is powered by oxidation.
Had an interesting online Coop tasting with Jean Claude-Mas who is very much in favour of screwcaps.His argument was that any oxidation is bad and if the wine was made properly in the first place,further oxidation was not needed.
We forget that wine is merely a mid way pause on the journey from grape juice to vinegar.That journey is powered by oxidation.
Had an interesting online Coop tasting with Jean Claude-Mas who is very much in favour of screwcaps.His argument was that any oxidation is bad and if the wine was made properly in the first place,further oxidation was not needed.