Memstar has introduced a new process that can remove salt from wine. Successful trials reduced excess chloride levels by up to 67% with virtually no loss of wine volume or quality.

On a recent trip to McLaren Vale, a new winemaking technique was on everyone's lips: 'sweet spotting'. The sunny and hot climatic conditions of South Australia mean that sugars in grapes ripen before phenolic ripeness of skins, stems and pips. The latter comes only with sufficient hang time, but that means ever-increasing sugar and higher alcohol.

As part of its international collaboration with French membrane technology specialist, Eurodia, Memstar will be introducing Eurodia's award winning pH adjustment technology to Australia.

Memstar has established a partnership with membrane technology specialist, Eurodia (www.eurodia.com) to introduce the unique Memstar alcohol adjustment process in France. As part of this collaboration, Eurodia, itself a prize winner for innovation, displayed Memstar's latest equipment at the recent SITEVI exhibition in Montpellier, France .

The tainting of wines by smoke in the vineyard has emerged as an intractable problem for some winemakers long after the threat of local bushfires has subsided. The reverse osmosis technology employed by Memstar has proven to be a significant process for combatting this, and the difference is clear on nose and palate.