I visited a winery recently because a wine I made was being transferred from a tank into bottles — and I realized once again that wine isn't all sweetness and light.
Most people who visit wineries do so by entering a tasting room, where they're welcomed by smiling greeters who tell them a bit about what they are to experience and hand them pristine wine glasses into which they'll poor an ounce or so of a delicate liquid.
It's a sybaritic experience that's ostensibly intended to provide details of how the product is crafted. But this is a sanitized version of how that liquid got into that bottle.
Updated: Tue Jul 30, 2024