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  Set a Foundation With Kit Concentrates

  Juice concentrate can be used for more than making kit wines. It is incredibly reliable, balanced, and easy to work with, which makes it a g

• Article

  Oaking By Doing

  Oak plays an important role in many red wine styles, but it is also one of the easiest elements to overdo — especially on a small scale, w

• Article

  Much More Than Just Sauvignon Blanc

  We recap and share photos from a recent trip former WineMaker Publisher Brad Ring led readers on, visiting vineyards and winery tasting room

• Technique

  Delestage Demystified

  Delestage is a multi-step “rack-and-return” technique intended for red wines when seeking brighter fruit character, softer tannins, a ro

• Wine-wizard

  How Wine Evolves in the Bottle

  The Wine Wizard explains how wines evolve in the bottle, which is not always linear.

• Article

  The Lighter Shade of Red

  Grape selection and harvest timing are important to make more easy-drinking reds that are perfect for summer days, but techniques like secon

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  Crafting Bold, Blockbuster Red Wines

  Not all red wine grapes are destined to make a big, blockbuster wine. But even with the right grapes, a winemaker still needs to consider te

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  Behind the Table

  An experienced wine judge shares why she continues to pull up a seat at amateur competition judging tables — including the thrill of tryi

• Wine-wizard

  Role of Sulfur Dioxide

  Explore the role sulfur dioxide plays in winemaking and why a batch of wine that uses SO2 will have more lees than one that does not.

• Wine-wizard

  Oxygen’s Role in Fermentation

  Is oxygen needed at the start of fermentation? And at what point do we stop giving fermentation oxygen?

• Article

  Wines of Austria

  Grüner Veltliner is Austria’s most widely planted and heralded wine grape, but there are more than 40 varieties Austrians use to make win

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  Innovative Wine Products

  Pro winemaker Maureen Macdonald shares some of her favorite enological and viticultural products available to home winemakers and grape grow