
Amongst the snooty
winemaking set the idea of using tech to aid the vinification process has always been controversial, so if you're one of
those types, we're guessing you are not going to care for this tale at all. According to the
Telegraph, chemists at the South China University of Technology have been pumping rough wine through a pipe wired with titanium electrodes, artificially "aging" it as much as twenty years. The team ran a three month old cabernet sauvignon through the process for various lengths of time, subjecting the results to a blind test with 12 experienced wine tasters. Apparently, applying 600 volts per centimeter for three minutes was found to leave the swill "well balanced and harmonious, with a nose of an aged wine." We suppose this is all well and good, but to be honest, ever since they stopped making Ripple we really haven't been in the mood.
Tags: diy, household, Ripple, South China University of Technology, SouthChinaUniversityOfTechnology, vintification, wine, winemaking, winemakingtechniques
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsjoeomarDec 20th 2008 10:54AM
OMG did they stop making Ripple?!
JamesDec 20th 2008 6:56PM
More evidence that the end is near
RaymongDec 21st 2008 5:16AM
Those were the days cheep wine cheep high.
SimzeeDec 21st 2008 9:58AM
I need another beer.