The first thing that needs to be pointed out is that any time some new ‘gadget’ or ‘treatment’ comes along in the wine industry, I always get a sense of ‘who are they trying to fool now?’ from the general public . . . I think it’s perfectly fine to be weary of new technology, but to be outright cynical without even considering that it might actually work? Not for me . . .

You’ve pointed out some specific cases where ferrous compounds have been used in the winemaking process, and where ion exchange is currently used for such things as tartrate stability . . . Could it be that far fetched that something IS actually happening in the case of the Chinese process? Sure it could . . . but it’s just a bummer that no scientific data was shared to be able to ‘see for ourselves’ what actually IS happening behind the scenes . . .

I guess we’ll just have to follow up and wait to see what happens here – and perhaps analyze the results after Gallo or Constellation installs something similar to help get wines to market faster! . . .

Cheers!

This time of year you’ll see all sorts of gift guides, including wine gadget gift guides. Seems like there are a whole bunch of gadgets out these days that propose to make your wine taste like it has had years……