With allergies to suphites becoming more common, winemakers are starting to ask whether sulphite is truly needed. No sulphite added (NSA) wines have the potential for more pronounced flavor; sulphited and NSA versions of the same wine have markedly different tastes, with the NSA version possessing “greater purity, intensity and liveliness, with rounder, brighter fruit flavours”. But while forgoing sulphites preserves the natural taste of the wine, winemakers also forgo the protection they give; NSA wines are more susceptible to spoilage and microbial infection that turns intense flavors into yeasty disappointments.
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Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
