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.
Oct/Nov 2018
Expert tips and advice for getting the best results from your yeast this harvest. Plus, tips on wine consistency from bottle to bottle.
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Curing A Stuck Fermentation
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articleChat with Chik Brenneman
Live Chat with Chik Brenneman, which took place on November 14, 2018.
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articleDoughboys Tribute Merlot
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articleVineyard Management Review
Are you ready for some viticultural self-reflection? When harvest is wrapping up, there is no better time to reflect on what you have done right in your vineyard and factors you could improve upon for next year.
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techniqueUsing Tannins: Purposes, sources, and use in winemaking
Tannins can provide a wine with a lot more than just astringency. They can also be useful in white and rosé wines as well if used properly. Bob Peak gives a tour of the benefits of various tannin products available to hobby winemakers.
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articleNoble Nebbiolo: Time to raise it from the fog
Explore the grape varietal made famous by the Italian wineries producing Barolo and Barbaresco wines in the Piemonte region of northern Italy. Learn about Nebbiolo’s history, viticulture, enology, and future.
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The Sulfite Blues
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articleFortify It! Adding Spirits To Your Wine
Your first fortified wine can be a little intimidating. Learn the various methods to produce a fortified wine of your own.
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articleFrom Hobby to Startup
Thinking about taking your winemaking hobby commercial? There’s a lot of planning that must go into the endeavor, as Jason Phelps (a longtime home winemaker who opened a commercial meadery earlier this year) explains. Here’s what you need to consider before the actual process of making wine begins.
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articleFantastic Fermentations
Careful attention must be paid to fermentation to achieve great wine. We gathered experts from four different yeast laboratories to glean advice on selecting yeast strains, co-inoculation, optimal fermentation conditions, and more.
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techniqueRed Hybrid Winemaking
There are some intricacies when making red table wines from hybrid grapes that vinifera winemakers don’t experience — from growing practices, pre-fermentation techniques, and right on through to post-fermentation adjustments.
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articleSingle-Batch Bottle Variability
If you’ve ever opened multiple bottles of wine made from the same batch and noticed they don’t taste identical, then you, too, have experienced bottle variability. Learn the potential causes and ways to alleviate variability among your bottles.
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articleWes’ Post-Harvest Quiz