There is always debate about whether wines should be fined and/or filtered before bottling. It can be confusing to those who enjoy the hobby of home winemaking to know what to do. There is even disagreement among professional winemakers and wine tasters. Most would probably agree that fining and filtering have much to do with the appearance of wine, but what about taste and aroma?

There are some who claim that using Bentonite and other fining agents, and then filtering a wine strips away some of the flavors and aromas, while others say any such reduction is imperceptible to most.

In Forbes Magazine, there was an interesting discussion about this along with a list of ten commercially available unfiltered/unfined wines that wine enthusiasts can try for themselves. Article is here.

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