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Well, I'm from Rome and I remember the stories of my friends having to toss their wine batches because they added too much "polverina" to the mix. I also rememb
by eecc 9y ago
Well, I'm from Rome and I remember the stories of my friends having to toss their wine batches because they added too much "polverina" to the mix. I also remember one time I nearly got into a fight with a producer at a summer show, when I commented to a friend (unaware the other guy was standing next to me, I guess I had enough already ;) that this "barrique" they were peddling really tasted of supermarket wine washed in wood flakes, and you could tell the two "tastes" apart like they were glued together by a child.
- Pamar 9y agoThis is not what the OP was talking about, though. I do know about faking wood barrel ripening with wood flakes and I heard about "polverina", but the latter is, for what I know, something of the past (and the Ethanol scare in Italy played a large role in taking it out of the game, for what I know). In other words: "the plural of anecdote is not data" - I would like to get to the source and understand better the "flavored yeasts" claims. And also see what countries the article was talking about.