If you’ve seen Sour Grapes, you know the story:

A guy sold millions of dollars of fake "fine wine".

The reason his scam worked reveals something deeply engrained in the wine industry.

Most wine drinkers are being fooled. Just in a different way.

Rudy Kurniawan blended cheap wines and passed them off as rare Burgundy.

He wasn’t exposed because something tasted off.

He got caught because some of his labels didn’t match historical records.

That’s how easy it is to manipulate wine.

People trusted the story, not the contents.

Wine is ephemeral.

Every bottle changes every year and every hour after opening.

There is no fixed flavor to test against.

You could open five identical bottles and each one would taste a little different depending on how it was aged.

That’s part of the beauty. But it also makes it easy to hide behind.

The wine Rudy made wasn’t necessarily fake. It was engineered.

He used blending, additives, and packaging to mimic the character of rare bottles.

That same playbook is used across the wine industry.

Only now, it’s considered standard practice.

Most grocery store wine relies on:

- Low-grade grapes

- Oak flavoring

- Sugar

- Concentrates

- Lab-designed enzymes

It’s a formula made in a lab, sold with a story that is designed to make it feel like art.

The same confusion Rudy exploited is what allows commodity wine to dominate.

A wall of bottles, branded with warmth and tradition, hiding a product built through food science.

The wine world keeps you in the dark. On purpose.

How do you avoid this?

You don’t need a cellar or a huge budget to drink something real.

You just need to get closer to the source.

Shake your winemaker’s hand. Ask questions.

No one worth buying from will make you feel small for wanting to understand.

If they do, they’re part of the act.

The wine industry sold its soul.

And most people are still drinking the lie.

I make Unfiltered Wine in Colorado and am happy to answer any questions.

If this helped you understand wine differently, give this post a reNOST, it really helps me keep doing these.

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Buying wine is a Life or Death decision.

No, not for you. For the wine!

Most bottles are filtered to death☠️

While unfiltered wine is alive and vibrant

Breaking down Filtered vs Unfiltered🍷🧵

Big wine companies filter hard.

At their scale consistency is the #1 priority.

Zero surprises. Every bottle has to match.

Boutique producers can play a different game.

We can monitor each barrel, catch small changes, and make decisions in real time.

When you're close to the wine, filtering isn't always necessary.

This isn't just about removing any sediment or haze.

Filtering strips out yeast, bacteria and polyphenols.

These are the pieces that give wine texture, structure, and the ability to change over time.

By removing the part of the wine that makes it evolve.

You’re killing its soul.

Unfiltered wines move.

They open up over hours. They taste different on day two than they did when the cork came out.

Filtered wines do change, but not nearly as much.

There's less inside to react, expand, or unfold.

Filtered wines always look clean.

Unfiltered wines sometimes don’t.

But clarity has nothing to do with character.

And cloudiness isn't the same as flaw.

You can’t see whether a wine is alive.

You have to experience it.

There’s no ingredient label on wine.

No list of added acids or enzymes or concentrates.

But if a winemaker skips filtering, there's a good chance they’re skipping other heavy-handed tricks too.

It’s not a guarantee. But it’s one of the few clues you get.

I'm not here to tell you that "Raw Wine" is your healthy drinking solution.

Unfiltered wine does contain yeast and bacteria, but it's not enough to fix your gut.

However, if you already eat raw honey, drink raw milk, or ferment your own vegetables, this fits within that framework.

Unfortunately, most bottles don’t say filtered or unfiltered.

Many unfiltered wines don’t mention it.

And most filtered wines won’t admit it.

You have to ask. You have to know your winemaker.

Because the best wines still have a pulse and can't be found at the grocery store.

Most wine is filtered to death.

And once you taste Living Wine, it’s hard to go back.

I make Unfiltered Wine in Colorado and am happy to answer any questions.

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