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Winemaking Techniques
There are many approaches to making wine, depending on the style you wish to make, the fruit, and winemaker preference. Learn about different techniques, when and why they may be used, and how to incorporate them in your process.
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Making Fortified Wine
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Award-Winning Red Wine Blends Roundtable
Five top medal winners from the WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition share the secrets of their red wine blending success.
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Build a Champagne Bottle Capper
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Co-Inoculation with Wine Yeasts and Bacteria
Ask 5 winemakers and you may get 6 opinions about co-inoculation. But what does the science say?
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Maintaining a Home Wine Cellar
Here are some tips and suggestions on cellaring your homemade wine and maintaining the cellar itself.
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Oxidation in Winemaking
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Winemaking Tips from Bordeaux
Bordeaux wine styles are the dreams, the ultimate goal of Cabernet and/or Merlot winemakers everywhere. Whether the wines are called Caberne
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Adding Sugar to your Wine
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Bulk Wine Aging
There is more to cellaring bulk wine than meets the eye. Throughout the aging process, the winemaker is on a tightrope walk between interven
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Rosé Techniques Roundtable
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Bottling Your Wine
Bottling your wine requires careful planning, preparation, and execution.
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Storing Wine Ingredients
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Zinfandel Wine Case Study
You’ve heard over and over the importance of taking notes during winemaking. But what do you do with those findings? Follow along with the p
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Balancing Fruit and Sugar in Country Wines
Bob Peak digs into how much sugar is needed to get the desired alcohol level, and how much fruit is needed to offer a pleasing profile and a
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Split Batch Wine Kit Experiments
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Wine Blending: Tips from the Pros
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Small Space Winemaking Techniques
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Restart Stuck Fermentations
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Post-Fermentation Wine Adjustments
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Making White Wines from Red Grapes
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Degassing Wine Techniques
Sure, some wines are supposed to be carbonated, but most aren’t. To avoid unwanted bubbles in your table wines, you need to degas your win
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Home Winemaking Quality Control
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Winemaking Outside of Harvest
Lots of home winemakers concentrate their efforts in the harvest months using seasonally available just-picked wine grapes. But sometimes a
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Matching Wine Style to Vineyard Site
Evaluate the specific aspects of your vineyard site to determine the best wine style to grow on your property.
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Using Enzymes in Country Wines
Country fruit wines can be quite difficult to achieve the desired color, aroma, and clarity levels. Here is a look at the various enzymes ty