Growers look to age wines gracefully underwater

[Article] Does the key to aging well lie below sea level? That is what Bandol wines, in collaboration with a local diving school in southern France, are trying to find out. For the past year 120 bottles have been the guinea pigs in an experiment to test the effects of the deep on winemaking.

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This boat casting off from France's southern coast is about to pull up an unusual bounty: bottles of wine that were submerged a year ago to test the impact of the sea on the aging process.The darkness, the pressure, even the movement of the sea are thought to slow fermentation and improve its effects...
This article was published Friday, 24 August, 2018 by AFP (336 words)
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