Wine fermented in a concrete egg seems to be the trending approach for winemakers across the world. The question is does this egg-shaped vessel bring more to our wine than just the hipster aesthetic?

A new wine trend is hitting eastern Washington, and it has some interesting shapes. ... Winery using concrete eggs for fermentation. Saturday, June 3, ...

Whether you've ever visited a winery and embarked on a tour, or just seen them the movies, if someone says the word winemaking to you, you might conjur up an image of a massive cellar holding ...

The container was: Concrete egg of 1600 litres, supposedly giving a lot of movement of the lees. The winemaker's comment: “It allows for very low levels of sulphur, protection against oxidation ...

Concrete tanks vary from large vats to smaller egg-shaped containers. ... Bacon on nose and palate, assertive tannins, hefty big-boy wine fermented primarily in concrete tanks. $26-31; Last round: ...

Concrete, egg-shaped vats act as non-reactive vessels, which allow the wine to breathe like traditional oak barrels without adding a flavor of its own to the wine inside.

The prototype, like concrete egg-shaped fermenters, is based on ancient vessels used for wine. According to Wine Folly, which cites the National Academy of Sciences, these oblong containers date ...

Concrete eggs do not impart any flavors to the wine as oak does, but they are slightly porous letting in a very small amount of oxygen, and they soften the texture of the wine. This lovely wine ...

The prototype, like concrete egg-shaped fermenters, is based on ancient vessels used for wine. According to Wine Folly, which cites the National Academy of Sciences, these oblong containers date ...

Fermented in egg-shaped concrete tanks and demi-muids (double-size oak barrels), then aged six to nine months, this 100 percent Marsanne wine has a nose of Anjou pear, jasmine, and crushed oyster ...

Like oak, concrete allows for some oxygen transfer, so there is an impact on texture and body, but because the vessel is neutral, there’s no change to the wine’s inherent flavor.