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Smoke-Tainted Wine?

posted by janrinok on Friday March 08 2019, @04:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the fill-up-my-glass! dept.

takyon writes:

Oregon Wineries Come Together To Save Grapes Rejected For Smoke Taint

Grape growers in southern Oregon thought they had already weathered one of the biggest challenges of the 2018 season — the Klondike Fire, which burned over 175,000 acres in July.

But on Sept. 22, they faced even more devastating news: Copper Cane Wines and Provisions, a Calif.-based winery that contracts with numerous growers in the region, canceled grape orders mere days before harvest was supposed to start, citing smoke taint.

"We were shocked," says grower Leon Pyle. "We knew that we had a lot of smoke, but it wasn't worse than the previous year, and the previous year's wine turned out just fine."

[...] Currently, research focuses on guaiacol and 4-methylguaiacol — chemical compounds produced by fires — when assessing taint, but there are no set standards to determine what constitutes acceptable levels.

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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Friday March 08 2019, @05:41PM (3 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Friday March 08 2019, @05:41PM (#811621) Journal
    Apparently you're not allowed to import them personally but not commercially. So if you drive to Mexico or Canada or pick them up wherever you can bring some quantity back, but you still can't go down to the store and see them on the shelves, and in fact if you tried to sell your personal stash you might get in trouble too.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday March 08 2019, @06:03PM (2 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 08 2019, @06:03PM (#811628) Journal

    Well, that kinda sucks. I have zero plans to go into Mexico or Canada any time soon.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @09:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @09:18PM (#811746)

      Why else would you support the wall? No ins no outs! Shall we crowd fund you a bunker you can hunker down in and be safe from all the xenoforms?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @12:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @12:45AM (#811841)

      Freeze* if you wish, you misguided martyr

      *anything below 24°C, water below 28 (drinking water is best around 10)