As you may know, wine is sensitive to air. If exposed to too much air, e.g. if a bottle has been opened for a while or if the cork was faulty, the wine goes off and tastes more like vinegar. A more scientific word for air is oxygen and oxidation is a word that describes [...]
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Oxidation
Posted in Wine Terminology, tagged John Atkins, Wine Terminology on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »