Articles

When we are together bottling, corking and labeling the wine, we are all eager and happy to complete the project at hand, so we can enjoy the finished product.

Want to make a big smashmouth red wine with grapes from your home vineyard? Then you’ll need to grow big or go home.

Looking for a cold-hardy white to grow in a colder northern clime? Meet the University of Minnesota’s La Crescent.

For those that would like to start getting a better handle on the fermentation temperature of their wines, you’ve found the right spot.

“Grapevine Canopy: The above ground portion of the grapevine formed by the shoot system. It includes shoots (leaves, petioles, shoot stems, shoot tips, lateral shoots and tendrils) and the fruit, trunk and

Australia recognizes Syrah as Shiraz. It is presumed that the name stuck as the cuttings that were brought to the country in the 1830s by James Busby were identified with the names Ciras and Scryas, making it difficult to research the origins of the name, given the Iranian connection . . .

Tips for beginners looking to make small batches of wine.

An overview of the Rhone varieties you may be able to grow in your own backyard.

Viticulturists in the Loire Valley tend to describe its flavor as an expression of the terroir of the land.

Tips for beginners on how to prepare their first barrel.

Wes Hagen answers your home vineyard questions.

Tips for brewing your firs batch of mead.

What’s in a name? If it’s a homewinery, it could be almost anything. Home winemakers explain their winery’s name.

Cabernet Sauvignon is known for making some of the world’s most robust red wines.

Tim Vandergrift on you, the “connoisseur.”

Vineyard vigor and how to keep it under control to grow the best grapes possible.

Alsace vineyards are tucked into the predominantly east facing slopes of the Vosges Mountains . . .

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

A look at the numbers from 15 years of WineMaker magazine.

Celebrating 15 years, here’s 15 grapes you should consider growing!

Cabernet Franc is thought to have originated in Southwest France, specifically in Libournais.

Explore the options for your first fermentation vessel.

An excerpt from Michael Paterniti’s new book THE TELLING ROOM: A Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge and the World’s Greatest Piece of Cheese.

Spending time with fellow amateur grape growers can improve your own vineyard.

Unknown to the science at the time, these genetic mutations were first noticed hundreds of years ago in Burgundy, France, where the mutants grew side by side, and sometimes within the same plant as Pinot Noir.