Making Wine

Technique

Adjust Wine Flavor in the Fermenter

No matter how fantastic your grapes or juice, rarely do you get the exact flavor you’re after without some kind of intervention. Here are so

Bottle Basics

Technique

Wonderful Wine in a Box

Wine-wizard

What does “surely” mean when referring to winemaking? I can’t find a definition anywhere.

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Thinking Outside the Box

Besides using concentrate as the sole basis for a batch of wine, you can also use it to supplement other wines and ingredients.

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The Fine Art of Fining

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Ferment Well: Tips from the Pros

Bob Pepi, the son of famed winemaker Robert Pepi, has been making wine for nearly two decades and offers advice for making award-winning win

Wine-wizard

Is it better to separate free-run wine from the pressed wine during fermentation and should they be blended before bottling if you are making Zinfandel?

Our Zinfandel wine is now in secondary fermenters, with free-run wine separate from the pressed. Do you have advice on allowing the free and

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Pressing Matters: Build a Wine Press

Plans to make your own wine press.

Wine-wizard

How do I adjust my wine’s pH without changing the TA?

Wine-wizard

What does toasting add to oak flavor? Can I use a blowtorch on an oak plank to toast it, cut it in thin strips and add to my wine?

Wine-wizard

I did not rehydrate my yeast before I pitched it. How do I do this and what happens if I don’t?