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 !
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.
That’s pretty high for grapes.
70 to 80 is the usual lower range.
I guess I was using a different scale when I worked at the winery. Never saw anything above 20.
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 !
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.
Oechsle is sugar content. 80 is average for the less sweet breeds. 45° is… maybe water melon.
I thought it was Brix, in retrospect, 45° brix is absurdly high for any fruit juice.