If you’ve ever heard someone describe a wine as “grippy” or “structured,” chances are tannins are involved. Along with a wine’s aromas, flavors, acid, body, and alcohol levels, tannins are an important part of what characterizes an individual wine: Are the tannins gentle and flowing,...
Tannin is a naturally occurring polyphenol found in plants, seeds, bark, wood, leaves, and fruit skins. Polyphenols are macromolecules made of phenols, which are complex bonds of oxygen and hydrogen molecules. (Yep, wine is science!) The term “tannin” comes from the ancient Latin word for...
But, a high-tannin wine isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Goler has noticed that orange wine, which tends to taste bitter in comparison to other wines made from white grapes, has been popular at Tannat’s market. “Those are wines that have skin contact, so they’ve been aged on the sk...
Making your own alcohol is a tricky business at the best of times and substitutions, such as tea tannin for grape tannin, can cause all kinds of changes in the flavor and possibly in the safety of your wine. I know even using water from a different area can make a huge difference. ...
What is a tannin?Dr. Vinny
Wine starts with harvesting grapes from the vineyard. Depending on the type of grapes, harvesting season usually happens twice a year. Next, the grapes are prepped for fermentation. Some are removed from their stem, and others are left in their clusters to be fermented as is. Other grapes ca...
"Texture-wise, the wines are usually a little grainier than destemmed wine, as the style of tannin is a bit different. Not necessarily harder – destemming allows you to push extraction further – but it sits on the tongue differently." Stir it up Leonardo Pizzolo, estate owner of Valle...
Everybody has their own definition of dry red wine. Learn what the term means in terms of popular varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon.
Why do you need to use a Wine Aerator ? As mentioned, there is such a thing called let your wine breathe or use decanters. For amateurs, this term means after opening a bottle of wine, there will be two chemical processes occurring: oxidation and evaporation. Oxidation in terms of humans...
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