Assessing Competitiveness In Moldova's Economy - Economic Growth
Assessing Competitiveness In Moldova's Economy - Economic Growth
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Development Alternatives, <strong>In</strong>c. Moldova <strong>Competitiveness</strong> Assessment: The Wine Cluster—Annex B<br />
wine becoming undrinkable from microbial spoilage. However, there is obviously no<br />
point in trying to maximize retention of fruit flavor and aroma, and then to throw it away<br />
by hot filling. Standards of hygiene and wine filtering techniques must be upgraded to<br />
facilitate cold-filling, or sterile filling, even for sweet wines.<br />
General hygiene—Both newer and older wineries often have standards of hygiene<br />
inadequate for the production of premium wines. Standards for sanitizing equipment and<br />
storage vessels are usually not documented, and are applied haphazardly. Tartrate scale<br />
within “cleaned” tanks is the rule, rather than the exception. This is so even for<br />
one-year-old stainless steel tanks. Tartrate scale is a haven for wine spoilage microbes.<br />
July 2004 • DRAFT Page 27