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Harnessing wild yeasts to produce refined wines

By Scott Weybright, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Wine comes from grapes, but the alcohol comes from yeast. Most wine is made by fermenting grapes with specifically chosen species of yeast, leading to predictable wines for vintners.