Illustrated Wine A-Z (Revised 2022)
Rotting, white grapes vinified into wine that tastes like marmalade. (Like Jerez, a best-kept secret. Shhh...don't tell!)
Botrytis cinerea means 'ashen grey grape' in Latin Ugly infection blooms as fog settles in like satin Fungus evaporating juice will leave nothing but dust! Grape eulogy prepared, "Ashes to ashes; must to must" But picked at the right moment these grapes infected Magically become complex, fruity, nutty, confected Hideous dying berries wearing rot's grey death-shroud Now gold-hued nectar delivers all that heaven allowed