Inquiring Winemaker

 

Ongoing Search for Low-Yielding Yeast

June 2011
 
by Tim Patterson
 
Three or four years ago, the high-octane section of the wine world buzzed with speculation that newer commercial yeast strains somehow yielded more alcohol than old standbys. By extension, some theorized, the yeast was responsible for rampaging alcohol levels in wines from California and elsewhere.
 

 
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