Ethanol from Wine
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Ethanol from Wine – Wired report
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1. An Italian company wishes to make ethanol-based fuel from wine.
2. Grape skins, like all plant matter, contain carbohydrates that can be broken down into sugar and fermented. And enough ethyl alcohol can be distilled from the skins to make a decent source of biofuel or gas additive.
3. The ethanol fuel made from wines is currently sold throughout Europe – but almost none of it in Italy, because of some confusing Italian regulations.
4. Few Italians want to imagine their sacred Sangiovese or Montepulciano grape going into something as unromantic as alternative fuel!
5. In a move known as “crisis distillation,” the European Union last year tried to stem the plummeting price of European wine by allowing most member states to sell surplus wine to distilleries at reduced prices, and these were converted to ethanol!
6. European ethanol market is expected to triple in 2006.
Personalities mentioned: Giovanni Marani, chief engineer of the Caviro Distillery in Faenza, Italy.
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