Inquiring Winemaker

 

Winemaking Comes In From the Cold

April 2012
 
by Tim Patterson
 
Oh, those irritating, crunchy little crystals. They’re called “wine diamonds,” but they’re about as welcome as bird droppings. They’re the potassium bitartrates that fall out of solution in wine at the least opportune moments—in the consumer’s refrigerator, just before the gala dinner party.
 

 
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