Don’t Miss Live Online Workshop on Mastering Hybrid Grape Winemaking February 20. Three hours of tips and techniques. Also available later as video replay. Click here for event and registration details.
Guidelines for your best crush and press ever. Plus, understanding wine yeast, bulk aging, and adjusting your must for better wine.
It’s very possible this mold bloom was caused by a change in the weather or a change in your cellar environment.
As a veteran winemaker, some of the initial joys of winemaking begin to fade, however as the winemaker understands more about the process and becomes more in tune with the wine, the potential for new astonishments arise.
We’d all love to make wine from the perfect grapes picked with ideal sugars, acidity, and pH. Unfortunately, often due to reasons beyond our control, that is not always how grapes arrive at the home winery. In that case, the winemaker has a number of decisions that must be made.
You can never be too prepared in your winery when the grapes come in from harvest. Follow our guidelines for crush and press success.
Even the most ideal climates for growing grapes face certain hardships, but growing vines in colder climates definitely have more than their share. Get tips on what to grow and what precautions to take from three pros in various colder climates.
In the final installment of our year-long series, the wines are bulk aged, oaked, and bottled.
In addition to alcoholic fermentation, the yeast used to ferment wine also metabolize other substances into byproducts. Learn more about how wine yeast works.