Making Wine

How Kit Manufacturers Choose Yeast

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One Vine at a Time: Dry Finish

The first year Tam Cloer experimented with planting grapevines on his 18-acre property in Apex, North Carolina a late spring frost killed ev

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Sanitation Sanity: How often should wine equipment be sanitized?

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What is the best way to store plastic fermentation tubs and keep them clean?

Technique

Kegging Wine

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When using oak cubes in a recipe from concentrate, at what stage in the process should they be added?

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How do you prepare ahead for topping up your barrels with wine? Do you set aside wine in a carboy to use later in the barrels?

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Building Diamond Bin Wine Racks

Step-by-step for how to build your own diamond bin wine rack to store your wine that is functional and looks good.

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Wild Yeast: The Pros and Cons of Spontaneous Fermentation

Making wine with wild yeast has been a source of debate for many because of its unpredictable nature. Should you make your wine from wild ye

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I think I might have ruined 350 bottles of my Merlot when I stored it in a wine locker and the odor and taste changed. What do you think happened?

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Field Blending: Tips from the Pros

Crushed, macerated and fermented together, these grapes come together in a technique known as field blending.

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The Pomace Predicament

Pomace is the general term for any solid material — such as the skins, pulp and seeds — leftover after wine or juice has been made. Here