Testing TimesMeasuring for smoke taint and pH levels

摘要

Our NSW manager, Christina Bos, knew it was a bad sign for the local wine industry when she saw the columns of smoke rising off Mt Canobolas from her front veranda in Orange one weekend in February. For those that know this gorgeous region, the 1395-metre-high mountain looms large over the town and is host to many of the great and well-established vineyards in the region.And of course the fire could not have come at a worse time as all the fruit was well advanced and the majority post veraison, the worst time for taint by smoke from bushfires. The region had been very dry and the fuel load on the mountain was high as nofires had been experienced in that spot for decades.