A term (also known as ‘fining’) used to describe various processes designed to ‘refine’, ‘improve’, ‘clarify’ or make a young wine‘more stable’. By contrast, the terms ‘de-mucilage ’ or ‘clarification ’ are generally understood to refer to processes applied to grape must. In the past, ‘fining’ primarily referred to the removal of sediment from a wine after fermentation (also known as ‘floating fining’). Today, the term encompasses many cellar management practices. Some of these overlap with preservation methods, which are primarily intended to extend shelf life and prevent spoilage.
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Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“