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Advantages of stainless steel barrels

Perhaps at the historical level, oak barrels have an insurmountable status, but as a product of the development of the new era, it can be said that stainless steel wine barrels also have their own meaning of existence.
Bearing the brunt of this is the lingering cost issue among winemakers. As we have mentioned before, oak barrels do not have a long service life. Long-term use will not only make it lose its original flavor, but also the stains left in the wood cracks during use will also breed various bacteria, which will reduce the taste of wine , so we need to constantly replace it, which greatly increases the cost of winemaking, and also makes wine more distant from the lives of ordinary people. The appearance of stainless steel barrels has brought us various types of wines, allowing us to get in touch with a large number of different styles of wines, and has become one of the outstanding inventions of the new century.
Although the loss of the "oak" flavor of oak barrels does not leave the taste of high-quality wine in the wine, some winemakers say that stainless steel barrels can retain the true color and flavor of wine grapes, making the wine produced Purer and lighter-bodied. At the same time, the good confidentiality of stainless steel barrels is no more difficult than that of oak barrels to control its oxidation rate. We can only control the degree of contact between wine and oxygen from the thickness of oak barrels, but we cannot completely achieve free control, which increases the wine. Uncertainty about the quality of the product.
Not only that, in front of the devastated earth, environmental problems are at stake. The use of stainless steel barrels saves wood and water. The water saving is mainly reflected in the fact that its material is smooth and easy to clean. Its recyclable advantage.

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