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gene

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> gene wrote:
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>>...
>>P.P.S. Last I checked, no microbes that will harm us can live in wine;
>>just the ones that fart bad tastes and the ones that add complexity and
>>good flavors.
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> Don't forget acetobacters. They could produce an unpleasant surprise.
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> Greg
>

Thanks for calling them to the fore. Those acetobacters go overboard.
Yep... I include those in the 'fart bad tastes' in the context of wine.

Many here may not know it, but even our beloved wine yeasts generate
small amounts of acetic acid as a fermentation by-product.
Interesting, too, that at low concentration, some of the bad tastes can
add interest to wine. That includes acetic acid, as long as it's not
much above the threshhold of taste.

Gene