Wine flavor 101F: Uses, issues and innovation in wine fining

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Wine flavor 101F Uses, issues and innovation in
wine fining

• Fining is one of many instruments in the tool box
  of a Winemaker
• A suppliers View by Maggie McBride

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Fining

• What agents are currently approved for use
• How to approach fining in general
• Why we do it
• When should fining occur
• Juice and or Wine stage
• Allergen Labeling Future fining agent
  possibilities
• Our role

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Enological Fining agents the usual suspects (all
approved for use)

• Enological based fining agents
• Proteins
• Gelatins, Isinglass, Casein, Milk, and Egg
  whites
• Earths
• Bentonite
• Synthetic Polymers
• Polyvinylpolypyrolidone (PVPP)
• Colloids
• Polysaccharides (Sparkolloid), Gum Arabic,
  Mannoproteins

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OTHERS

• Silica Gel, Carbon, Copper and Tannins
• Silica Gel
• Prevents over-fining
• Carbon
• Deodorizing and decolorizing carbons available
• Copper
• Sulfide issues
• Tannins
• Co-fining agent with proteins (mainly gelatin)

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My Approach
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What step in the winemaking process is the wine
in?

• Just a Tid Bit on Juice
• Bigger Bang for your
• Typically done on whites
• To decrease turbidity, to enhance settling, treat
  or prevent oxidized phenolics, promote protein
  stablity, etc.

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What step in the winemaking process is the wine
in?

• IF it is Wine..
• Keep in mind when Bottling.Some agents need time
  to settle
• DO A TRIAL!
• Why?
• Responsible
• Not every fining agent works the same on
  different wines
• Visual and Sensorial interactions between agent
  and wine

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My Approach
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Date your incoming samples

• -Product EXPIRES
• -1st in 1st out
• -IF you suspect samples are old call supplier
  and ask for FRESH new samples

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Dont be scared of the Math!

• I find some people get deterred from doing a
  trial b/c of Math! It can be a little daunting
  at first!

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Products Chosen

• Consult your Suppliers Tech Sheets for Guidance!!
• Or use website like www.wineadds.com
• to help with calculations

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Allergen Labeling?

• It is going to happen
• Has happened in EU
• Alternative to current fining agents that may
  need allergen labeling

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• Non Allergen Chitin Based Products
• Been in development for last 2 Years

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Getting New Products to YOU!

• ONLY THE INDUSTRY CAN GET IT TTB APPROVED!
• We bring them in and introduce them to you
• We have no power to get TTB to approve them
• The Process
• Go to TTB Website and Read CFRs
• Or maybe call Mari Kiranne for Help with CFR
  interpretation
• Request for trial use letter to TTB (SEE
  www.scottlab.com for example letters)
• Once enough Request TTB can put it up for Ruling

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THANK YOU!!

• maggiem_at_scottlab.com
• www.scottlab.com