doctorcosmonaut
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Do professional wineries have to clean their grapes/fruit with potable water, or can they use irrigation/untreated water for cleaning before pressing and fermentation?
I don't know the answer.. however, would you eat one of the grapes "cleaned" by unpotable (which means not fit for drinking) water? I wouldn't... so I wouldn't want wine made from those grapes either...
Scott
Potable implies fit for human consumption. Non potable water, at least in my area, usually refers to reclaimed or reuse water.
I worked for a local utility company and the head of the water plant operations used to say "it's 97% **** free" the same guy would stop and give parents he'll for letting their kids play in the sprinklers on reuse water.
So, I don't think any reputable vendor would use non potable for anything mean for human consumption.
Well the water I'm referring to is from an underground spring and through our irrigation system. Its not reclaimed/reuse water, but it's not tested either.
Do most wineries wash their grapes? The vineyards I've been to seem to press straight off the vine, though it's certainly possible that there's a cleaning step between that they hide for romantic effect.
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