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<blockquote data-quote="Luse_Cellar" data-source="post: 625474" data-attributes="member: 34648"><p>The earwigs are one of the elements that form complex flavors! (I don't actually think this but there could be something there- I think clean grapes make boring wines but that could be me justifying dirty fruit). I think it sounds like a mental block you should try your best to move past if you enjoy making wine. Maybe it would help you to strain samples before tasting them? Some cheesecloth would get rid of almost all the solids in a sample. I just keep my lips closed when tasting during fermentation, and strain through a small tea strainer. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've done my fair share of bee lifeguarding out of must. They love the sugar and smell. But the best food is made in places that many people would be grossed out in, wine is no different except that no human ailments of the microbial type would be able to survive the fermentation process and resulting alcohol level. The only problems I know of that are associated with insects in must is ladybug taint, or elevated levels of methoxypyrazine. It's just part of the game and working in a cellar will make you realize how many insects there really are in most wines. During harvest in the cellar, every time I would move a piece of equipment that had been sitting for more than a day, thousands of earwigs would go running for cover from underneath it. There were many nights I would go home and pull a few out of my hair or find them in my sock or pocket or something. Luckily never had one in my ear but hey, it's all part of the fun!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luse_Cellar, post: 625474, member: 34648"] The earwigs are one of the elements that form complex flavors! (I don't actually think this but there could be something there- I think clean grapes make boring wines but that could be me justifying dirty fruit). I think it sounds like a mental block you should try your best to move past if you enjoy making wine. Maybe it would help you to strain samples before tasting them? Some cheesecloth would get rid of almost all the solids in a sample. I just keep my lips closed when tasting during fermentation, and strain through a small tea strainer. I've done my fair share of bee lifeguarding out of must. They love the sugar and smell. But the best food is made in places that many people would be grossed out in, wine is no different except that no human ailments of the microbial type would be able to survive the fermentation process and resulting alcohol level. The only problems I know of that are associated with insects in must is ladybug taint, or elevated levels of methoxypyrazine. It's just part of the game and working in a cellar will make you realize how many insects there really are in most wines. During harvest in the cellar, every time I would move a piece of equipment that had been sitting for more than a day, thousands of earwigs would go running for cover from underneath it. There were many nights I would go home and pull a few out of my hair or find them in my sock or pocket or something. Luckily never had one in my ear but hey, it's all part of the fun! [/QUOTE]
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