Stinkbugs are a pest among vintners because of the bugs’ taste for wine grapes and namesake foul smell. When accidentally harvested with the grapes and fermented during the wine-making process, the live insects can release their stink and ruin the wine. The newly determined threshold is three per cluster of grape, researchers from Oregon State University reported. More stinkbugs produced red wine that tasted musty. White wine lovers can rest easy; stinkbugs don’t seem to affect its flavor because white is processed differently than red.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/too-many-stinkbugs-spoil-wine
