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Article: The tannin addition bandwagon.(cellar scene)
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- Wines & Vines
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- April 1, 2006
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Judging from the recent rise in popularity of tannin additions in California winemaking, you could be excused for thinking grapes from the Golden State must not contain any tannins of their own. And you might be tempted to feel sorry for the poor souls who made wine for nearly 7,000 years without benefit of these apparently indispensable aids.
The last five or six years have witnessed a major surge in stateside tannin enhancement, coming on the heels of earlier adoption by winemakers in Australia and New Zealand. The technical write-ups about the efficacy of tannin additions appearing from Down Under no doubt had an impact, but it seems likely that the ...