Beer wine?

[leelanau]

My Muller-Thurgau that I sampled at month 2 last weekend had a tiny layer of whiteish-looking foam(?) on the top of the wine in the bottle. It was not there until I put the wine in the fridge to chill. The wine did not taste fizzy or feel carbonated in my mouth.When the wine settled after a few pours the white foam wasgone.Withthe color of my wine, honey-gold, it appeared to look like an ice cold Corona! Any thoughts? Leelanau

 

[MedPretzel]

Tough to say. Foam is not that descriptive. I know it's hard sometimes to describe things, but let's see.


1. It's crystals. I doubt this, but could be.
2. It's sulfite. That's probably what it is ??
3. It's sediment. Doubtful, but if it settled, maybe.
4. It's something else.

 

[leelanau]

Hmmm... Thanks for the suggestions MedPretzel. I did notice also a "clear" film where the cork was in the bottle after it was removed. Maybe frothy is a better word. I lean towards sulfite. I'll just keep an eye on the next bottle I open and see if this mystery substance is there.

 

[leelanau]

Revisiting this topic - anyone else have any ideas? I have some bottles for Thanksgiving I am opening that also have the white foam and just thought I'd ask again and see. No need to post reply today - I will be back online in a day or twoand check fo replies / ideas. The wine is at 3 months in the bottle now. Not all bottles have this fowm. And it only appears when the bottle is chilled. Leelanau

 

[peterCooper]

If it is sulfite then decanting and letting the wine breath for an hour should resolve the problem. (Not like I did last night because I ran out of bottles and put some good but young wine in a lemonade pitcher in the refrigerator)

Does it foam just on pouring? Does the foam go away if you stir in a decanter for a few seconds?

 

[PolishWineP]

What we've done to clean up a messy wine is run it through a paper coffee filter. (Some of our early fruit wines came out with loads of sediment.

) It's a good way to fix many sins. We just pour it through the filter into a glass water pitcher. Good luck!