The Academic Wino recently published the results from a Wine Market Council survey that found that about 40% of the 240 million adults in the United States consume wine. Within this 40%, they found that 33% of wine drinkers are considered to be high frequency wine consumers, meaning that they reported consuming wine more than once per week.
By bypassing the fermentation process altogether, the “micro winery” created by ISU professor Daniel Attinger, intends to help winemakers achieve a better understanding of wine’s fermentation processes and allows them to test fermentation methods.