Virtual Sensory Session: Stabulation and Micro-oxygenation

Nate Walsh and Michael Heny

Feb 2021

Winemakers from across Virginia met to taste/discuss the results of two experiments. In the first experiment, Nate Walsh (Wash Family Wine) used stabulation to increase aromatic expression in Sauvignon Blanc. In the second, Michael Heny (Michael Shaps Wineworks) used micro-oxygenation to treat reduction in Cabernet Sauvignon.

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Theo Smith

Rappahannock Cellars

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Exploring the effects of stabulation in Sauvignon Blanc (2020)

Nate Walsh and Kent Arendt

Walsh Family Wine

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Tim Gorman

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