Yahoo news article wine goof

[seth8530]

The author incorrectly claimed that wine continues to ferment in the bottle. Anyone here who knows a little bit about wine making would know that if you have fermentation in your bottle the most likely result is a bottle bomb or blown corks.

Ie. Yeast eat sugar ====>> Alcohol+CO2.

Pressure will eventually either exceed the cork's friction holding it in the bottle or the stress will shatter the bottle.

Unless of course you are making champagne where you have fortified bottles and corks.

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[seth8530]

BTW I know that we all know this. This is just what I posted on the yahoo comment section.

 

[cindy]

pretty cool link! Thanks for sharing..

 

[JohnT]

I caught that this morning as well. He may know about antique whiskey, but not much about wine.

 

[seth8530]

Aye, now... I would not mind some of that whiskey....