Pomace to Pours, Preservatives, and Power: Dealing with Winery Waste
Pomace to Pours, Preservatives, and Power: Dealing with Winery Waste
Oct 22, 2012 6
(PalatePress) - It’s a self-evident truth, not to mention a basic principle of homeostasis, that what goes in must come out. Around this time of year, huge trucks full of grapes go into wineries. Months or years later, the bottles of wine that come out of those wineries look a lot smaller than the grapes that went in, and they are. So, clearly, the balance has to be coming out somewhere. You might not think about winery waste as pollution, but the European Union does, and with good reason. Winery leftovers pile up fast and can cause some serious environmental problems if not disposed of properly. But they can also be an unexpected reservoir of useful compounds, and researchers are actively working out alchemy to transform this muck into purple gold.
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