On July 17 learn late season grape growing and harvest techniques for your small-scale vineyard with “Backyard Vines” Columnist Wes Hagen. Register now to grow and harvest the best wine grapes this year!
Tips on how to get the most out of your crush and press this harvest. Plus, build your own carboy cupboard.
Gewürztraminer can produce spectacular grapes when grown in the proper environment. But grown in the wrong environment, the grapes often produce the opposite results.
Chaptalization — the practice of adding sugar prior to fermentation — has numerous benefits to wines with low sugar content. Chief among those is increasing the potential alcohol of the resulting wine, which can impact mouthfeel, help protect against spoilage, and more.