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Mid-Winter Check-In

Harvest and the heavy lifting of crushing and fermenting your 2024 vintage are in the rearview mirror at this point. That doesn’t mean the

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Testing for SO₂: Keeping your wine safe

Despite popular lore in some diet-watching crowds, sulfite in wine is not only low compared to many foods, but it is key to limit oxidation

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Simple Sulfite Wine Chemistry

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Techniques to Reduce Sulfite Additions

In spite of their long history as wine preservatives dating to the days of the Romans, sulfites can receive a bad rap. Many suspect that sul

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Making White Wines with Less Sulfite

Follow these steps and best practices if you would like to use less sulfite in your white winemaking.

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Reducing Use of Winemaking Sulfites

Many factors from grape quality to winemaking care and technique impact the amount of sulfite needed to protect wine from spoilage.

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Taking the Fear Out of Must Analysis

You might be wondering why someone would want to bother tinkering with must when trying to get the grapes smashed and into the bucket is cha