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Since these two questions are related I will answer them together. Layering ones’ containers with argon or CO2 gas may seem like an easy, pat solution to un-topped containers. It’s heavier than

Winemaker Magazine (Another) Year in the Vineyard Wine Blog Week #17:  July 2nd-July 8th, 2010 The Theme is Diversity:  Genetics, Critters, Fog, Flavor, and Darwin  (amazingly described in the context of growing

(Another) Year in the Vineyard:  The Two Week Edition:  Week 15 and 16:  June 18 – July 1, 2010 San Fran, Big Sur, and Back to the Ranch!   The vintage is

Year in the Vineyard with Wes Hagen, VM Clos Pepe Week #14: June 10-17, 2010 The Birth of an American Viticultural Area Let’s take a slightly different view of the wine world

WineMaker Magazine (Another) Year in the Vineyard with Wes Hagen, Clos Pepe Week #13, June 4-June 10, 2010 On the Shoulders of Giants, Another AVA, All Things Green, Clustering and Clucking Welcome

Year in the Vineyard, by Wes Hagen VM/WM Clos Pepe Week #12: May 28- June 3, 2010 Budi-Licious Cuisine, The White Horse, the Green Tractor, Fruit and Frogs   My day has

Tips and recipes to make wine from stone fruits.

Joy Neighbors and her husband Brian “Stop the press!”       It’s a phrase any journalist over the age of 40 still longs to hear. You can just picture the dusty newsroom,

  Year in the Vineyard Wine Blog, Week #11 By Wes Hagen, VM/WM Clos Pepe May 20-27, 2010 (Don’t forget to scroll over the pics for commentary) My trip to Stevenson, Washington

Year in the Vineyard Week #10 Wes Hagen. Clos Pepe Vineyards May 14-20, 2010 First, let me vent.  I’m pissed.  Really, really really angry right now.  After teaching a five hour class

Another Year in the Vineyard, Week #9 May 7-14, 2010 By: Wes Hagen, VM/WM Clos Pepe (Don’t forget to mouse over the images to get a few extra nuggets of useless information!)

I plan to take a different tact with this week’s blog. I’m down in Temecula judging wine at Riverside International Wine Competition, getting a little writing in as the judges take their

(Another) Year in the Vineyard, Week #7 April 23-30, 2010 Irrigation, Fertilization and Pinot Petioles According to my desk calendar, last week was supposed to be pretty mellow.  On more than one

Year in the Vineyard, Week #6 April 15-22, 2010 By Wes Hagen, VM/WM Clos Pepe This week in the vineyard saw some challenges, some rebirth, some rainfall, some progress, and as always

 (Another) Year in the Vineyard Wine Blog, Week #5 April 9-15, 2010 Viticulturama, Why Technology Matters, A Lamb By Any Other Name, Another Version of the LA Times Magazine Article. A Few

(Another) Year in the Vineyard, Week #4 A WineMaker Magazine Blog April 2-April 8, 2010 What Is Done Can’t Be Undone, Or Can It? More Cuteness than You can Shake a Crook

(Another) Year in the Vineyard, Week #3 3/25/10 to 4/1/10 Nature Makes Fools of Us All A Tough Week at the Clos as Nature Shows Her Chilly Hand (Don’t Forget All Photos

Budbreak is one of the most exciting times of year for the backyard winegrower. The snow has melted and you can feel the warmth of the sun on your face. The smell

Clos Pepe: A Vigneron’s Quest for Great Dirt (Carneros Press, 2009) chronicles the years between planting Sauvignon Blanc vines in Stephen Pepe’s Long Beach, California backyard to becoming a Pinot Noir and

(Another) Year in the Vineyard Week #2: March 18-25, 2010 “It’s My Party, So I’ll Write If I Want To…” (or) How a Vineyard Manager Spends his Birthday/’Day Off’ Ladies and gentlemen,

WineMaker Magazine “Another Year in the Vineyard”: A Wine Blog Week One: March 11-18, 2010 And So it Begins…  Welcome back to the 2010 version of the ‘Year in the Vineyard’ Wine

  Home winemakers often resort to a little blending to improve their wines — to add a little more body, tweak the acid balance or deepen the color, or just because it

Home winemakers often resort to a little blending to improve their wines — to add a little more body, tweak the acid balance or deepen the color, or just because it takes

Wine and gluten allergy Can you tell me if typical wines in the store contain gluten or if certain yeasts contain gluten? Gluten is a protein in wheat, barley, rye and oats.

Chardonnay is one of the world’s most popular wine grapes, as evidenced by widespread plantings in France, Australia, South Africa, South America and the United States. The grape is thought to have