(Decanter) - Finger Lakes Wine Flour has created range of varietal flours using Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Riesling and Gerwurztraminer, and a red blend.

It also makes crackers, cupcakes and truffles from the flours.

‘I quickly learned that grape seeds are a small percentage of the overall grape pomace that is produced when a winery presses the grapes for their juice. Most of the pomace is made up of grape skins. The skins hold so many nutrients and in the US have traditionally been discarded.’

‘Here in the Finger Lakes, my small company recycles all of the pomace we receive.’

Other companies have also given wine flour a try in recent years, notably WholeVine, which was co-founded by Barbara Banke, proprietor of Jackson Family Wines.