Thread by @BJusty1

Ever notice that there's no ingredients list on a wine bottle?

That's because wine is just made from grapes right?
WRONG.

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Before I got into making wine, I'd never even thought about what goes into the bottle, but the deeper I go into the wine industry, the shadier it seems.

Wine hides behind a sheen of romance, pleasure and class, when in actuality, it has a lot in common with other industries.

So what else goes into wine?

There are additives for color, aroma, mouthfeel, acidity, clarity, cold stability and heat stability.

I'll go into all of these over the coming weeks, but it is safe to say that winemaking is a highly manipulative process that thrives on opacity.

If you want to buy wine that is more free from manipulation and additives, here's what to look for:

Natural Wine
Single Vineyard
Organic
Biodynamic
Minimal Sulfites

Realistically, European wine is generally better on these fronts than American wine.

Meet your winemaker. There are wine regions all over this country.

If they are uncomfortable showing you or talking about all aspects of their process, they are hiding something.

Wine can be made extremely simply, but it requires a lot more work upfront, acceptance of yearly variability and an extremely low time preference.

#NaturalWine #Wine #LowSulfites #LowTimePreference #Bitcoin #ColoradoWine #PeonyLane

I highly recommend doing some research to find a local winemaker who uses great practices, but if you'd like an easy place to start, my website is PeonyLaneWine.com

You can read all about what I do on that site.