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Feature Article
Yeast Inoculation – Threat or Menace?
Winemakers will do what they need to in their attempts to tame grapes into the wine of their vision. In fact, many will go to great technological extremes to achieve their goal. So it's surprising to Clark Smith that there should be any fuss about yeast inoculation. But there is and he thinks he knows why.
by
Clark Smith
June 27, 2008
eads up, ye vintners! My panel’s discussion at the Portland Indie Wine Festival on “Natural Wine in the Age of Technology” was a shocking reality check for me. It emphasized the truly scary disconnect that has emerged between conventional winemakers and their formerly doting groupies. No more, guys.
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