With climate change predictions indicating more bushfires in future the Australian wine industry is worried it may literally go 'up in smoke'. Wineries around the world have only recently woken up to the damaging effect of bushfire smoke on their vintages. Fires in Victoria a couple of years ago cost the industry more than a $100-million.
IP Australia, the Australian Government patent authority has recently granted and sealed a Standard Patent (No 2005252264) to Memstar Pty Ltd for its invention: "Alcohol Reduction in Beverages".
Laboratory trials can now be done to determine alcohol and wine concentration sweet spots, and processing requirements for taint reduction. Micro AA is the bench-top Memstar system designed just for this.
High sugars, high VA, high alcohol and stuck ferments are a major challenge to winemakers. Memstar have successfully treated these problems in the past but over this vintage, conditions were such that the problems are the worst we have seen.
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A number of seminars were organised recently by Memstar distributor, Columbit in the Stellenbosch and Worcester areas of South Africa.
Laboratory trials can now be done to determine alcohol and wine concentration sweet spots, and processing requirements for taint reduction. Micro AA is the bench-top Memstar system designed just for this.
High sugars, high VA, high alcohol and stuck ferments are a major challenge to winemakers. Memstar have successfully treated these problems in the past but over this vintage, conditions were such that the problems are the worst we have seen.