Straw wine
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Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried off the vine to concentrate their juice. Under the classic method, after a careful hand harvest, selected bunches of ripe gr
Muscat grapes drying in the sun
Grapes sun-wilting on the plant
Grapes laid out to dry
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Noble rot
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Noble rot is the beneficial form of a grey fungus, Botrytis cinerea, affecting wine grapes. Infestation by Botrytis requires warm and humid conditions, typically around 20 °C and above 80% humidity. I
Straw wine
…stop for several reasons including low nutrient levels, high alcohol, and Botrytis metabolites. Grapes dried in the valley bottoms are more prone to noble rot and are favored for Recioto, whereas grapes intended for Amarone are dried on the higher slopes to avoid Botrytis. Recioto della Valpolicella is regarded…
Noble rot on Riesling grapes (Rheingau, Germany, 2005)
Botrytis cinerea on Sémillon grapes in Sauternes