On Sep 25, 9:41�am, "James Silverton" >
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> �DaleW �wrote �on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:45:54 -0700 (PDT):
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> > On Sep 25, 3:29 am, Michael Pronay > wrote:
> >> "Anders T rneskog" > wrote:
> > >>> JFTMOR: a riesling -- from wherever it might come -- probably
> > >>> never ever has seen a barrel even by distance. (I know
> > >>> that a few exceptions exist, thank you.)
> > >> Fuder is not a barrel?
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> >> Sorry folks, my misinterpretation. I was thinking of new
> >> barrels.
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> >> Btw, has anyone heard of old barrels becoming TCA-infected?
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> > So if a winery is Riesling only, and uses fuders, do they always
> > buyused barrels? My assumption was that occasionally there was a
> > newfuder, but the size (and probably lack of heavy charring)
> > meant minimal oak transfer.
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> Just for interest, what is the definition of a fuder? I noticed its use
> here for the first time a few days ago and forgot to ask but, from the
> context and Googling on
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> �fuder wine
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> �I guess it is a barrel but my German technical dictionary has cartload
> or large wine measure.
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> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland
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I've always heard kilolitre, but unsure if that is an exact
definition, or a rough approximation (like with botti, where they're
all big, but how big varies).