As we prepare for the rapidly approaching bottling season, we want to share an interesting study on gas use in the winery. Not only is oxygen management of particular interest to us, but it included an honorable mention for Gravity Wine House. This new scholarly article, by students at Universidad de Valladolid (UVa), cited one of our articles published in 2020 regarding inert gas use in winemaking. Visit and read the article, here: "Dissolved Oxygen Removal in Wines by Gas Sparging, Its Optimization and Chemical Impact".

The ongoing study of gas use in the winery:

Historically, there have been very little data on the topic of gas sparging in winemaking, but we are always staying on the forefront of wine research—or conducting our own. Inert gas is critical to retaining wine integrity and reducing oxygen uptake through the winemaking process. It is particularly used a great deal as we lead up to bottling. Read more from our 2020 blog post.

Magnified image of a sparging stone, similar to those used in the sparging of wines.