Oechsle is sugar content. 80 is average for the less sweet breeds.
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quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
That’s pretty high for grapes.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I thought it was Brix, in retrospect, 45° brix is absurdly high for any fruit juice.
JASN_DE@feddit.org 6 months ago
70 to 80 is the usual lower range.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I guess I was using a different scale when I worked at the winery. Never saw anything above 20.
Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 6 months ago
Did you talk about the alcohol volume, or the Oechsle scale ? I was thinking the same as you in terms of numbers, but someone corrected me. Fun to learn about it on Fediverse rather than in the vineyards, but i’ll be sleeping less dumb anyway !
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
After googling a little I learned that the scale we used is called Brix. One of my tasks in the winery was to take samples of grape juice and register the sugar content using a refractometer similar to the one on the picture.