Photo & Video credit: Courtesy of Mira Wines
If you’ve never been to Charleston, South Carolina, you may want to schedule a trip for May – and bring your diving gear.
On February 20th, Mira Winery (based in Napa Valley) submerged four cases of 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon in custom steel cages in Charleston Harbor to experiment with ocean aging……
“We like to say we have “Southern Roots and Napa Grapes,” so it was only appropriate that we submerged our wine in Charleston Harbor. We are establishing a process to discover the impact of ocean aging vs. warehouse aging,” said Mira Winery President Jim Dyke. “We will raise the cages in three months to test chemically and with local Sommeliers.”
As luck would have it, these wines are in fine dining restaurants in Washington,D.C. As to whether or not we will get the ocean aged variety is anybody’s guess – so you may want to go ahead and schedule that trip.
