Oh Grape Wine Blog — Oak
To Oak, or not to Oak
When you’re checking out a new wine you may read that it has been fermented or aged in oak… and you may be wondering what that even means, and how that will affect how the wine tastes? The perfect match…? For hundred of years oak has been used to ferment and store wine for practical reasons. But today, oak is still used in wine production because of the amazing texture, flavours and complexity that it can impart to wine. A stint of time in oak can simply transform a wine. However, not all wines will benefit from time in oak. For...