Smoke-tainted California grapes find new life as vodka

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NAPA, Calif. : As wildfires covered California’s wine country skies in smoke in 2020, Nicolas Quille feared the worst for his grapes.He remembered how the smoke gave his wine 'ashtray' aromas after the 2017 fires so he rushed to harvest his merlot and malbec grapes at Pine Ridge Vineyards in Napa County

NAPA, Calif. : As wildfires covered California’s wine country skies in smoke in 2020, Nicolas Quille feared the worst for his grapes.

But he was too late and the grapes already had been damaged by smoke taint, which can alter the fruit’s chemistry and ultimately its taste. But rather than pouring the wine down the drain, the group partnered with Hangar 1 Vodka, which turned the wine made from smoke-tainted grapes into vodka. Quille said they took a financial hit with the lost product but concedes having the vodka option could be a way to salvage smoke-tainted grapes during fire seasons to come.

 

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