Tart Troon: Biodynamic Red Wine Vinegar

Winemaking is the art of preventing grape juice from becoming vinegar, but for us, our winegrowing is more a novel than a short story. Making vinegar is the next chapter in the story of Troon Vineyard. Wine and vinegar are sequential expressions of our Biodynamic viticulture. As part of the same plot, we are crafting our vinegar with the same intentionality and aspiration as our wines. That and we thought it would be fun. It is. Jennifer Tiesl , part of our farm team and, has taken on this new project with the zestiness a vinegarist should have. Jennifer’s first step was to reach out to an amazing local resource— Kirsten Shockey , Applegate Valley resident, renowned fermentation expert, and author of Homebrewed Vinegar , among many other books. Kirsten has also co-founded the Fermentation School . Together, they’ve built our vinegar works. In this episode of our podcast , Jennifer and Kirsten discuss how we have moved this project forward as we prepare to release our first Troon Vineya

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