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Varietal grape-seed oils are a particularly rich source of healthful polyunsaturated oils, antioxidants, and other phytochemicals.
Among the essential fatty acids needed by our bodies are linolenic (LNA), linoleic (LA), and oleic acids—omega 3, 6, and 9, respectively.
These oils provide important nutrients for cellular function and vitality while also reducing harmful LDL cholesterol and boosting HDL, the “good” cholesterol. Additionally, research has shown that these oils may be effective in combating cell-damaging free radicals, which have been found to influence aging and a variety of ailments.
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We have added eight new Limited Edition Oils and introduced four 100% Varietal Grape Seed Flours. Check out our Products Page for these new additions. |
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Published Sunday, April 8th, 2007 in the Tri-City Herald By Mary Hopkin, Herald staff writer PROSSER -- Eric Leber and his wife, Lori Ramonas, are squeezing a new gourmet product out of the area’s wine grape industry. The West Richland couple is extracting the oil from varietal wine grapes, infusing some with lime, chipotle or French herbs and bottling them through their new business, AprèsVin. Leber, a former chemistry professor at Heritage University in Toppenish, challenged his students several years ago to uncover as many uses as possible for the agriculture waste left over from the area's growing wine industry. "They came up with 42 different products -- paper, creams, biofuels..." he said. |
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Broadcast on KNDU-TV July 20, 2007
Kennewick -- The number of wineries in the area continues to multiply, but with the wine-making process comes a dilemma.
The problem is the tons of by-products left behind after vintners extract the juice from the grape. Many years ago, a local man began to ponder the problem of what to do with what many might simply consider 'waste.'
In the last five to six years, Dr. Eric Leber, a semi- retired chemist from the Tri-Cities, has come up with 50 different products that can be made from the by-products of wine making. Among those: varietal grape-seed oils, flour for baking, soaps, and skin lotions. Those are the more tame of the solutions he has engineered.
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Transcript from Northwest Public Radio April20, 2007
 By Tom Banse PROSSER, Wash. - Après Vin founders Eric Leber (far right) and Lori Ramonas conduct a grape seed oil tasting with Jim Early of FruitSmart, Inc |
An enterprising Northwest couple is striking oil in other people's garbage. The garbage in this case is the tons and tons of crushed stems, skins and grape seeds generated by our region's booming wine industry. Correspondent Tom Banse reports from Prosser on the value that might hide in those winemaking leftovers.
The best way to explain this might be to start where I started... at an oil tasting. That's kind of like a wine tasting, but with breadcubes and little cups of flavored oils. |
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