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Using Grape Skin Packs in Wine Kits

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Troubleshooting Guide for Home Winemaking

This troubleshooting guide lists the most common types of problems, faults and spoilages you may encounter, how to fix them, and how to prev

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Pinot Noir Winemaking Techniques from Burgundy

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2012 WineMaker Competition Winners

Find the winners from WineMaker’s 2012 International Amateur Wine Competition.

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Fermenter Options for any Size Home Winery

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Wild Yeast Fermentations: Tips from the Pros

Lots of commercial winemakers let their wines ferment with wild yeast from the grapes and in the winery. Here we have two California winemak

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Making White Wines with Less Sulfite

Follow these steps and best practices if you would like to use less sulfite in your white winemaking.

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Tannin Chemistry in Wine

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Build a Ladder-Style Wine Rack

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10 Italian Red Wines to Make at Home

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Oak Alternatives: Tips from the Pros

A lot of home winemakers make small batches of wine that aren’t enough for a whole barrel. Two experts discuss their oak alternative choic

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Reducing Use of Winemaking Sulfites

Many factors from grape quality to winemaking care and technique impact the amount of sulfite needed to protect wine from spoilage.

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Table Wine Kits

Immediate and intermediate strategies for making table wines that can be consumed very young while still delivering the full and delightful

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Going Pro RoundTable

Four assistant winemakers join us for a roundtable discussion on what they did to get their foot in the door.

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How Wine Kits are Made

Ever wonder how the concentrate in your wine kit is made? We take you inside the kit manufacturing process.

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Wine Blending Partners

Blending accomplishes several goals in winemaking. It can be done to improve flavor, mouthfeel, cover a defect, balance the chemical profile

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Meadmaking: Tips from the Pros

Two master meadmakers share some insight for making your own mead at home, which uses the same equipment you already have for making wine.

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Rosé Wine Kits

Life isn’t just red and white. There’s a happy medium with rosé. Learn to make your own rosé from wine kits for quick enjoyment.

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Using Winemaking Enzymes

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Red Wine Color Stability

Keep the color in your reds by learning about color stability and how to achieve it.

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Making Port Style Wine from Mustang Grapes

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Your First Wine Barrel

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Making Riesling Roundtable

Riesling can be made into a variety of wine styles, from bone dry to icewine, and can be enjoyed early or aged for a decade or more. Five pr

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Small-Space Home Winemaking

You can make wine even if you live in a small space. Here are some winemakers who do just that.

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Growing Riesling Grapes: Tips from the Pros