Wine in water - BR in the Vinum

Germany was not left out either. In 2010, the Balthasar Ress winery in Hattenheim started a test with Riesling lying in a quarry pond. Three years later, a comparison was made in the presence of enology professor Rainer Jung from Geisenheim University. The result, according to Jung: "The wine stored in the lake had more the characteristics of a young Riesling with a still closed, reductive aroma."..."

The entire article from Vinum can be found here