Oxygen does not affect wine
Oxygen plays no important part in the ageing of bottled wine, an Australian study has found. The studies found that the evolution and maturation of wine would be accelerated with small but measurable amounts of …
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Sommelier India Desk
28 March 2005 · 3 min read
Oxygen plays no important part in the ageing of bottled wine, an Australian study has found. The studies found that the evolution and maturation of wine would be accelerated with small but measurable amounts of oxygen entering via a closure, but that red wine continues to mature anaerobically without oxygen ingress through the closure.
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