News Lifestyle Is your wine tasting different lately? Blame bugs!

Is your wine tasting different lately? Blame bugs!

Capetown: If wine from identical grapes in the same vineyard taste different, then blame it on microbes, especially yeast species, says a study."In the wine industry, the fungal communities on grapes are especially important. The



Across the three cultivation practices, they found that the same yeast species dominated in all vineyards, but the least treated vineyard had more variety of fungal species than the other two, according to a university statement.

They also found that within a single vineyard, small differences between vines, such as in temperature or sun exposure, could significantly alter the composition of the fungal community on grape surfaces.