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Making Blueberry Wine: Tips from the Pros

Two pros offer advice to make a great blueberry wine at home.

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Country Wine Cornucopia

“Country wines” is the informal term that has been used for years to define fermented beverages made from the juices of fruits, vegetabl

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WineMaker at 5!

To capture the spirit of our fifth anniversary, this article will look at the wide world of winemaking in flights of five.

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Making Sparkling Wine From Kits

Learn how to make sparkling wine from wine kits.

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Vineyard Questions: Backyard Vines

Wes Hagen answers your grape growing questions.

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Pinot Noir: Varietal Focus

Pinot Noir is a heralded red table wine. It is usually made in a dry style that features delicate fruit aromas and flavors. The wine typical

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Fixing Common Mistakes: Tips from the Pros

We asked two professional winemakers to discuss common winemaking mistakes and how to avoid or correct them.

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Luscious Port Wine

Learn to make your own Port-style wine at home.

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Mead Made Easy

Mead — also known as honey wine — is every bit as complex and variable as grape wine. Learn the ins and outs of making your own mead.

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Gewurztraminer: Varietal Focus

Gewürztraminer can produce spectacular grapes when grown in the proper environment. But grown in the wrong environment, the grapes often pr

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First-Year Vineyard Care

The first year of vine growth is meant to establish a strong and vigorous root system and build stores of nutrients to hasten growth in subs

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Winemaking Gear Guide

When it comes to winemaking gear, home winemakers an impressive range of choices. The following equipment will get you started making wine f

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Grenache: Varietal Focus

The Grenache grape variety is highly recommended for the home winemaker. The variety is readily available in fresh-grape form and the price

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Evaporative Cooling

Evaporative cooling is a simple and inexpensive way to cool a small fermenter. We’ll go over the details.

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Ice Your Wine! Hot Weather Tips

Real wineries deal with real heat and make wonderful wines. It isn’t all that difficult. Here are some suggestions.

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Build 3 Winemaking Projects

Build a cart to roll your fermenter around easily, a stainless racking cane, and cap plonker.

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Upgrade Your Home Winery

When you start getting more serious about the winemaking hobby and find yourself making more batches a year, you may be in for an equipment

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Planting Dormant Grapevines

Establishing a vineyard is an exciting and rewarding adventure.

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Picking the Right Wine Kit

Modern wine kits first began appearing in the 1970s. While they still follow the format of ready-to-dilute-and-ferment stuff in a package, t

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Bottling: Tips from the Pros

Three longtime pro winemakers share their advice for amateurs related to bottling wines.

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Amplify Your Taste, Bud!

The wine tasting technique that I describe in this article was developed over the last fifteen years out of sheer frustration.

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The ABCs of Making Z

In the early days of the California wine industry, growers found that Zinfandel was a good “workhorse” grape that did well in a variety

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Building a Cool Cellar

Many options exist for storing wines. But if you do plan for that dream cellar, this guide will help you, too, save headaches and money.