SPF or ABV?
What’s more important for consumers: the wine’s alcohol level or the SPF number in sunscreen for grapes?
Well, it’s not quite that bad. But the AP reports that one Napa winemaker is applying a “suncreen” to his grapes. Aaron Pott at Quintessa, who uses the organic plus plus method of vineyard management known as biodynamics, applies a “tea” to the grapes to prevent them from withering in the sun. The dilute tea includes algae to absorb UV rays and aloe vera for soothing. He says it will have washed off by the time the grapes are harvested.
Pott may put on the sunscreen, but does he give the grapes back rubs too?
Sep
12
2006
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On September 14th, 2006 at 12:46 am ,Anali wrote:
LOL! Funny! I had no idea this was happening to grapes.