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The Power of Tannins

You may think of tannins as no more than the drying or puckering sensation they provide; however, tannins also play a role in mouthfeel, col

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Lees: The Good, The Bad, & The Smelly

The benefits of aging white wine on the lees includes a softer mouthfeel, added weight and texture, added complexity, and a smoothing of the

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Cellaring Bottled Wine for Beginners

Aging bottled wine properly is key to let certain wine styles to fully develop. Make sure the conditions you are providing are right.

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Sur Lie Aging

Aging wines on the lees can add aromatic complexity, soften tannins, enrich mouthfeel, protect it from oxygen, feed malolactic bacteria, and

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Bulk Aging

Explore the various equipment available to home winemakers for bulk aging wine prior to bottling — from plastic and glass, to stainless s

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Design a Wine Cellar

The best wine cellars offer home winemakers, wine collectors, or anyone else stockpiling wine a stable, secure, chilly space that exists in

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Aging Potential: Understanding the lifespan of your wine

We can use our knowledge of the wine’s chemistry and organoleptic attributes (color, odor, taste and feel) to evaluate how long a wine can

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Topping Up Your Wine

What does “topping up” mean and when should it be done?

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Stock Your Wine Cellar

A home winemaker offers tips on how to keep your wine cellar stocked with a variety of wines.

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Bottle Shock

If you’ve done everything right in the winery and your wine tastes great going into the bottle, you might scratch your head when you open

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Crafting Age-Worthy White Wines

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Cellaring Wines

Learn the basics of how and where to age your homemade wines.

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Year in a Life of a Wine Part VI (Bulk Aging and Bottling)

In the final installment of our year-long series, the wines are bulk aged, oaked, and bottled.

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Aim for Age

What makes a wine age-worthy, and what can you do to create a wine worth cellaring.

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Aging Your Kit Wines

Learn what factors to consider when aging a kit wine, particularly where and how it is stored.

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Aging Gracefully

All of the factors that go into when and how to age a wine make this a topic worth spending time on.