Alcohol Refractometer: Can It Really Measure the ABV of Wine? An alcohol refractometer sounds wonderfully straightforward: add a few drops of wine, look through the instrument and discover how much alcohol is in your glass. Unfortunately, wine has other ideas. A refractometer is a small instrument that measures how light bends, or refracts, as it […]
If you’ve ever reached for a half-finished bottle of wine, only to discover a sharp, strange aroma that makes your nose wrinkle, you know that dreaded feeling: This wine has turned to vinegar. But how exactly does this happen, and can we stop it—or encourage it, if we want vinegar? Let’s explore the fascinating science, […]
Ever wondered what makes your grape juice taste just right? Turns out, there’s a lot of science involved—way more than you’d think for something as simple as juice. And the OIV (that’s the International Organisation of Vine and Wine) is at the heart of it, setting the standards to make sure every drop is as […]