Smoke taint, it's the latest trend in wine! Okay, it isn't though I recently read one blogger saying smoke taint should be part of your terroir. Um, no. Smoke taint from wildfires is a thing now. It can give a wine a campfire smell and taste. Or sometimes it's said the wine smells like an ashtray. Yuck.
Local winemakers have been dealing with this on-and-off since 2008. As they gain experience they are learning about what grapes to toss and what might be saved by some special things done to the fruit.
This is a link to an article on interviews with a few local winemakers and what they're doing this year -- from the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
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