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Pinot Grigio: The Underrated Superstar
Pinot Grigio is often an introductory white wine for consumers — light, refreshing, though unremarkable. That doesn’t have to be the cas
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Technique
Special Purpose Wine Yeasts
Sometimes we want a wine yeast that will strictly ferment a wine dry in the conditions available to it, but other instances require special
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Article
Apples, Meet Grape Pomace
After pressing grapes for wine, a home winemaker decided seven years ago to add the pomace to their fresh-pressed apple juice to learn the i
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When to Add an Airlock
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Adding Skins to a Red Ferment
Q: How many grape skins would be too many to add to a Syrah must?
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Monitoring Malolactic
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Technique
Bottling Basics
Familiarize yourself with the critical steps and equipment required to bottle your wine.
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South African Wine Safari
We recap and share pictures from a recent WineMaker trip with readers to the wine regions of South Africa.
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Technique
Whole Cluster Fermentation
Whole cluster fermentation — fermenting grapes without crushing and destemming them first — is a technique that has been around for ages
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Removing Stains in Carboys
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Boosting Aromatics in White Wines
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Sanitizing With Sulfur Dioxide and Citric Acid