Don’t Miss Live Online Workshop on Mastering Hybrid Grape Winemaking February 20. Three hours of tips and techniques. Also available later as video replay. Click here for event and registration details.
Aug/Sep 2013
Tips on crafting two wine styles from one grape, berry winemaking, and mastering red maceration. Plus, the perfect pinot grigio.
In this issue
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articlePerfecting Pyment, Vinifera Vines, and Over-Yeasting
. . . you could also buy some powdered grape tannin, use oak chips, or even use a cup of strong black tea to add some tannin backbone to the wine if it’d be tough for you to obtain grape skins.
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wine-wizardOver-yeasting?
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Bottle Selection For Sparkling Wine
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Vinifera in Florida?
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Post-Fermentation Acid Adjustments
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The Telling Room
An excerpt from Michael Paterniti’s new book THE TELLING ROOM: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese.
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techniqueChoosing Corks and Wine Closures
We review the different types of closures available to home winemakers with a view to understanding oxygen permeability and the impact on wine quality and aging potential.
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techniqueWinemaking by the Numbers
Here each stage of wine production will be addressed from four aspects: inputs, numbers, problems, and solutions.
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techniqueWhite Wine Skin Contact
Today’s proposed violation takes on one of the dominant conventions of modern white winemaking: no skin contact.
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techniqueWines Two Ways: Oaked and Unoaked
To understand flavor balance in your wine, you must first understand some of the basic principles to consider when deciding whether or not to use oak or oak products.
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techniqueMaceration Tips and Techniques
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techniqueMaking Country Wine from Berries
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articlePinot Gris/Grigio The name says it all, or does it?
Unknown to the science at the time, these genetic mutations were first noticed hundreds of years ago in Burgundy, France, where the mutants grew side by side, and sometimes within the same plant as Pinot Noir.
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Perfecting Pyment
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techniqueUrban Winemaking: Tips from the Pros
Making wine away from winemaking regions is becoming more popular. As these pros will tell you, urban winemaking comes with unique benefits and challenges.
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Preparing Country Fruit
How should fruit be prepared before using it to make country wines? Let’s have a look…
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Unoaked Wine Kits