Ep 436: Wine Faults -- what are they, how to spot them, and what to do about them

<p>Wine is a product of nature, human intervention, chemistry, and it’s subject to many outside influences – storage, transport, handling – that can do a number on what’s inside the bottle. In this episode, we cover the main things that could go wrong with wine, how they got there, and what to do about it (where possible)!</p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/wine-g86b59c5f2_640.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="264" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-size: 8pt;">Photo: Pixabay</span></em></p> <p>Shout out to <a href="https://www.wineanorak.com/wineblog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Goode</a>, the outstanding scientist and wine writer who makes so many complex science concepts so easy to understand. Here is the link to his book, “<strong><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520379500/ref=as_sl_pc_as_ss_li_til?tag=winefornorm05-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=c3af9f29c64eb3d1c88941f2b802d26c&creativeASIN=0520379500" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Science of Wine from Vine to Glass</a>,”*</strong> from which some of the reference materials for the pod were taken. Also to <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/dp/142622141X/ref=as_sl_pc_as_ss_li_til?tag=winefornorm05-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=b8f2aead6636a7ff41eb9dbb1a330e47&creativeASIN=142622141X" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“<strong>Sotheby’s Wine Encyclopedia</strong>,”</a> * who (always with the humor of Tom Stevenson) brings up a number of very real faults that a lot of the mainstream wine press forget to mention (sauerkraut, anyone?). Other sources are below!</p> <p> </p> <p>Here are the show notes:</p> <p>We start with defining what a flaw is in a wine, versus a taint, as defined by <a href="https://www.wineanorak.com/wineblog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Goode</a>. Then we talk about just plain old sucky wine.</p> <p><strong>Flaw v Taint:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Flaw is endemic to the wine, it happened in winemaking or vineyard</li> <li>Tai