Light Strike – Part 1
Dr. Carien CoetzeeBasic Wine29 August 2021 Exposure to light can potentially induce major changes to a wine’s composition. This effect mainly occurs in bottled white and rosé wines exposed to light1 and is commonly referred to as the “light-struck taste”,...
Vlog #3: Matija Lesković – Is copper the solution to fixing reductive wines?
Is copper the solution to fixing reductive wines? Post-bottling results from a recent study shed some light on the exact effects Matija Lesković is an oenologist and third-year oenology PhD student at Stellenbosch University, mentored by Professor Wessel du Toit. His...
Removing copper-H2S complexes using membrane filtration
Dr. Carien Coetzee Basic Wine 30 June 2020 FOCUS ON H2S: Part 6 The entire Focus on H2S series has highlighted the importance of removing the copper-H2S complex from wine, especially in cases where copper was added as a remedial treatment for the removal of reductive...
