amaea PFx - the preferred alternative to wine fining agents
Moving beyond single-use additives for sustainable palate management.
Traditional wine fining agents often strip more than just astringency. They can remove aromatics, structure, and the character that makes your wine exceptional—while generating significant waste streams.
amaea PFx presents an alternative solution, using regenerable molecularly imprinted polymer technology to deliver the sensory outcomes winemakers need. Balance your wine with molecular precision, and preserve what matters.
Featured case studies
Giesen ushers in a new era of palate fining for their award-winning 0% Merlot
To conduct palate fining of their category-leading 0% Merlot, NZ wine producer, Giesen replaced their use of gelatin with amaea's innovative molecularly imprinted polymers, resulting in a reduction of overall additive-use, a more vegan friendly solution and tangible, operational gains.
Why winemakers choose amaea over traditional fining agents for wine
Sustainable filtration technology disrupting wine fining
Traditional winemaking fining agents are a powerful tool to optimize the sensory quality of wine. However, the high-volume waste streams generated from single-use fining additives, accounting for allergens and limited vegan compatibility, as well as the associated labor-intensive racking and cleaning processes, render traditional fining methods increasingly unsustainable.
amaea PFx represents a necessary shift in how winemakers approach palate fining, replacing single-use fining agents with regenerable molecular wine filtration agents, eliminating waste streams while delivering superior selectivity.
Tailored sensory without the use of fining agents
amaea PFx provides a highly selective and sustainable fining solution for palate fining wine. Using a unique, custom-engineered molecular filtration technology, amaea PFx helps winemakers achieve the sensory benefits of fining—without the need for traditional wine fining agents.
By using amaea PFx, wineries can:
Selectively remove phenolics to balance the wine's sensory profile without adding substances to the wine.
Leverage opportunities for favorable labeling.
Minimize racking yield loss associated with traditional fining processes.
Significantly reduce high-volume waste streams by switching from single-use additives to reusable filtration.
Gain operational and cost efficiencies by removing the need for additional waste management.
Low-impact production process using regenerable polymers
Designed for precision, amaea PFx uses amaea molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) to selectively capture the phenolic compounds responsible for bitterness and astringency found in wine—without the drawbacks of traditional additives such as PVPP fining agents.
As the wine is filtered, the target molecules bind to amaea MIPs. Once saturated, amaea MIPs are regenerated using an eluent, ready to be used again.
The result is a solution that focuses on capturing only what is needed using a regenerable, low-impact production process that eliminates the waste, allergen concerns, and over-stripping associated with conventional fining agents.
Designed with winemakers, for winemakers
Working with a team of winemakers, amaea PFx has been specially designed to deliver a fining capability that works for you.
From adjustable treatment rates that enable tailored sensory outcomes, to a wine production system designed for sustainability, amaea PFx is fast becoming winemakers’ choice for replacing traditional fining agents for wine with molecular filtration.
Our service provider partners
We are proud to work alongside valued and trusted service providers to provide our fining and filtering services for you.
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VA Filtration
VA Filtration is USA’s leading filtration technology experts with 18 years of experience in the wine industry.
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Cellar Dweller
Based in Okanagan Falls, B.C., Cellar Dweller have been providing mobile filtration services for Pacific North West wineries for over a decade.
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Vintech Pacific
Vintech Pacific is a New Zealand owned and operated company, providing a range of innovative technology processes to the wine industry.
Frequently asked questions about winemaking fining and molecular filtration
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Traditional winemaking fining agents are substances added to wine to remove unwanted compounds that affect clarity, stability, and sensory quality. They work by binding to particles, proteins, and phenolic compounds, causing them to settle out for removal.
Winemakers use fining agents to improve clarity, balance tannin structure and mouthfeel, reduce astringency and bitterness, and correct sensory faults. amaea PFx achieves these same outcomes through precise molecular filtration, without adding any agents to the wine.
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Yes, amaea PFx is a vegan-friendly, allergen-free filtration technology that addresses the labeling and compliance challenges associated with many traditional fining agents.
As an alternative to traditional fining agents for red wine, white wine, and rosé varieties, amaea PFx is a filtration process—nothing is added to the wine. This eliminates allergen declaration requirements and simplifies compliance, helping meet consumer demand for cleaner labels.
Looking for a sustainable alternative to traditional fining agents?
Traditional fining agents for wine have served the industry well, but the limitations are clear. amaea PFx delivers molecular precision without compromise. Whether you’re addressing astringency or want cleaner labeling for vegan-friendly production, amaea PFx adapts to your needs.
Ready to see the difference molecular selectivity can make? Fill out our contact form below and see why winemakers trust our filtration technology and wine taint solutions over traditional additives such as animal-derived and PVPP fining agents.
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Case study: Refined Pinot Gris scores 93
Faced with a particularly phenolic 2024 Marlborough Pinot Gris, winemaker, Digger Hennessy, applied amaea PFx to reduce the wine’s excessive bitterness which traditional fining methods couldn’t resolve. The treatment resulted in an overall lift in the wine’s saleable quality and a score of 93.
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Case study: Giesen ushers in a new era of palate fining for their award-winning 0% Merlot
To conduct palate fining of their category-leading 0% Merlot, NZ wine producer, Giesen replaced their use of gelatin with amaea's innovative molecularly imprinted polymers, resulting in a reduction of overall additive-use, a more vegan friendly solution and tangible, operational gains.
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Reducing bitterness in hard-pressed white wine
Discover how our reusable amaea PFx solution performed against single-use PVPP for reducing the bitterness & astringency found in hard-pressed wine.
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From 23 days down to 1: Targeted polyphenol fining driving operational efficiencies
If fining wine could be completed in just a day, what would be possible? Our VP of Applied Research takes a look at conventional fining processes while unpacking the process of molecular filtration for balancing wine.
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Sustainable winemaking with amaea targeted filtration
Using reusable, molecularly imprinted polymers as a replacement for single-use fining agents enables winemakers to tailor the sensory profile of their wine with less waste and greater control. Discover how targeted filtration supports sustainable winemaking.
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What are MIPs?
Learn about our MIP technology and how these cleverly designed smart beads capture target molecules.
