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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @10:06PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @10:06PM (#811775)

    Kind of an important point not elaborated on in the fine summary.

    A quick and dirty wiki dive suggest the first compound is merely acrid tasting but the latter might be somewhat toxic.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:35AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @08:35AM (#811972)

    I dunno, lots of things are toxic. The Romans enjoyed wine with plumbum for centuries and this lasted well past the fall of Rome and was widely practiced into the 18th century.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20070831210244/http://lead.org.au/lanv2n1/lanv2n1-11.html [archive.org]

    I guess you just need to be a hardcore aficionado to understand. Point being small amounts of toxic materials are rarely harmful. It is only when consuming them enmasse that it becomes a serious issue.

    Has anyone seen my arsenic pouch?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @11:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 09 2019, @11:09PM (#812167)

      Maybe if the Romans hadn't fooled around with lead they would still be around. Pretty nasty stuff.

      Sure, dose makes the poison but it's best to indulge as little as possible. We're getting exposed to so much crap these days.