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US 4,834,998 AGranted
Ultrafiltration of red wines
AssigneeHeublein, Inc.
InventorAnil J. Shrikhande
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Abstract
Red wines, particularly pressed red wines, contain harsh impurities such as tannins. The instant process removes harsh tannins and other impurites from red wines through the use of ultrafiltration techniques using selective membranes which reduce the amounts of harsh tannins without appreciably affecting the desirable components of the wines such as the red color.
Claims3
A process to remove harsh tannins from red wine comprising:
- providing a cellulosic ultrafiltration membrane having a nominal molecular weight cut-off ranging from 5,000 to 20,000 daltons;
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- subjecting the wine to an ultrafiltration processing step which utilizes the cellulosic membrane to selectively remove the harsh tannins, microorganisms and other colloidal impurities larger in size than the nominal molecular weight cut-off of the membrane, without significantly affecting the red color of the wine.
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