two bob wrote:
> >
> > Here is my wine fantasy.
> >
> > Ripe French white wine grapes are used. Throughout the wine-making and
>
> Why French grapes? Are there any such thing any more. Most of the french
> vines were wiped out by disease and replaced with vines from the US, which
> were disease resistant.
>
>
> > wine-storing process, the entire equipments' insides are keep free of
> > oxygen -- this prevent conversion of alcohol to acetic acid and also
> > prevent any oxidation from occuring. In addition, any excess acidity in
> > any part of the wine-making process is prevented using full-proofs
> > methods.
> >
> > Fermentation is performed solely by wine yeasts. Yeasts are somehow
> > protected from their own ethanol so that it doesn't injure or kill
> > them. Vinegar yeasts, acidic bacteria [e.g. lactic and acetic], mold,
> > mildew, and other foreign microbes are somehow prohibited from entering
> > the wine or any of the wine's equipment. After alcoholic fermentation
> > is completed, the yeast somehow flee the wine equipment. Because the
> > yeast are somehow totally protected from the ethanol, they survive and
> > are able to completely convert all the sugar in the grape juice to
> > ethanol.
> >
> > Now the aging process begins and is performed by anaerobic bacteria.
> > During this process no microbes other than anaerobic bacteria are
> > allowed into any part of the wine's equipment. The bacteria initially
> > feed on all organic substances present in the wine [excluding ethanol]
> > and produce foul-smelling substances. Following this, the bacteria then
> > feed on 50% of the molecules of ethanol present in the wine while
> > leaving the other half of ethanol molecules unaffected -- this decrease
> > the ethanol content of the wine by 50%. More foul-smelling substances
> > are excreted from these bacteria.
> >
> > Finally, any sulfides [inluding hydrogen sulfide], oxides [including
> > CO2] that maybe produced are somehow removed. Last but not least, any
> > substances that do not cause, affect, or add any smell or flavor to the
> > wine [excluding water] are somehow removed completely.
> >
> > End result: my favorite white wine!!!
> >
> > Would anyone like to try my favorite white wine???
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Radium
> >

The American vines are used as root stock with the varital vines
grafted on to them. The root stock is resitant to Grape phylloxera
(Daktulosphaira vitifolii ), a aphid that attacks the roots.