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.
We review the top 100 wine kits of 2014. Plus, troubleshooting wine clarity, tips on making vidal blanc, and this year’s wine label contest winners.
Water softeners add another wrinkle, namely because they tend to add a lot of sodium.
A Brattleboro, Vermont man carries on his Italian family’s home winemaking tradition.
Here is some advice on when, why, or even whether you might want to take advantage of having a lab test your wine.
From winter dormancy all the way through fall harvest, follow the annual lifecycle of a grapevine in this author’s New York home vineyard.
Making kit wines doesn’t have to be only about following directions. Improve your wines by using tannin additions at various stages.
Vidal Blanc was originally develloped for Cognac production in the cold maritime regions of western France. Today it is a go-to grape in the US Northeast and Midwest as well as Canada. Plus, a recipe for Vidal icewine.
All done using their energy to grow shoots, grapes and leaves, vines in the winter begin storing water prior to the first frost and then go into dormancy. That doesn’t mean those who look after the vineyard lay dormant though.
Learn how to stop fermentation before reaching dryness, plus when and why a winemaker may wish to do so.
Some of these tools and techniques have been around for a number of years but may not have been available in every region.
No matter how a wine tastes, if it’s hazy, cloudy or (even worse!) lumpy, it’s not going to please the drinker.