August 19, 2016

How Yeast Affects The Taste of Wine

 Yeasts are tiny single celled fungi that convert sugars into alcohol during winemaking (and beer making). The primary species associated with alcohol production is called Saccharomyces cerevisiae or, in Latin, “sugar-mold of beer.” In reality, however, there are thousands of different strains of yeasts that can be present during a fermentation; each can affect the resulting flavors of a wine.