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Chardonnay Winemaking Tips from Burgundy

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Aging Country Fruit Wines

Volatile Acidity

An introduction into volatile acidity (VA) and how to avoid it.

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15 Facts About Wine Yeast

Yeast is an amazing organism. Here are 15 facts on WineMaker’s 15th anniversary that you may not know about yeast.

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15 Wine Kits to Try

In a rut making the same styles of wine time after time? Here are 15 different wine styles we’d recommend making from kits.

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15 Keys to Winemaking Success

15 important steps, axioms, tips, and recommendations to (consistent) winemaking success.

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15 Wine Styles You Need to Make

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Choosing Your First Fermenter

Explore the options for your first fermentation vessel.

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Choosing 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 wi

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Winemaking by the Numbers

Here each stage of wine production will be addressed from four aspects: inputs, numbers, problems, and solutions.

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White 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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Wines 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 t