NTU in Winemaking
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A Comprehensive Guide to NTUs in Winemaking

Turbidity, the degree of cloudiness or haziness in wine, is a critical metric in modern wine or cidermaking that directly impacts production decisions and final wine quality While winemakers once relied solely on visual assessment, today, they quantify turbidity through NTUs in winemaking (Nephelometric Turbidity Units)—a precise measurement of how much light is scattered by suspended particles in the wine These particles, including grape skin fragments, pulp, yeast, bacteria, and various colloidal materials, play a crucial role throughout […]