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Test Your Vintelligence! 27 December 2016

20 Dec, 2016

It’s time for our weekly Vintelligence question! How good is your wine knowledge?

1. What is Brettanomyces, often shortened to ‘Brett’?

A rogue yeast that causes off-flavours

Brettanomyces (Brett) is a type of yeast commonly found in wineries, which has the potential to cause significant spoilage in wines, through the production of volatile phenol compounds.

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