VA Filtration offers a brand-new process for the reduction of smoke taint from wine (ARC Process), removing not only the free taint creating the smoke aromatics, but also the bound taint from affected wine, eliminating the “rebound” effect.  VA Filtration currently holds US Patents* for free taint removal, as well as the nanofiltration-based processing of VA reduction. VA Filtration’s most recently developed three-pronged ARC Process has been operational since the start of 2020 and has been tracking for bounce back of taint in the wine treated to date.  Currently, we have not seen any return of the taint.  Using a combination of proprietary MWCO membrane elements and adsorption columns, the process can reduce the glycosides significantly per filtration pass. The following example analysis of a heavily tainted Syrah from 2017 Mendocino fires processed using the ARC Process indicates the new level of reduction achieved in two passes through the sys