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Tannin Chemistry

Soft, silky, velvety, youthful, puckery, aggressive, harsh, bitter, astringent: These are all adjectives used in winespeak to describe the m

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(Another) Year in the Vineyard Wine Blog, Week 18 with Wes Hagen

The 2010 vintage rolls along and gets a bump of heat. 

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Cab-Syrah

Many great wines are designed as blends from the start, and two varieties that are perfect complements are Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.

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Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah Wine Blends

Planning the Right Red: Backyard Vines

The Sensorial Profile: Techniques

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Aim for Age

What makes a wine age-worthy, and what can you do to create a wine worth cellaring.

Sparkling Icewine: Techniques

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10 Winemaking Techniques You Should Know

Cool Refreshing Riesling

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Super Syrah!

Syrah can do well in a wide variety of climates and produces wine in a number of styles, from drink-it-today fruity to structured and age-wo

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Mead Made Easy

Mead — also known as honey wine — is every bit as complex and variable as grape wine. Learn the ins and outs of making your own mead.

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It’s Lysozyme Time

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Upgrade Your Home Winery

When you start getting more serious about the winemaking hobby and find yourself making more batches a year, you may be in for an equipment

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Picking the Right Wine Kit

Modern wine kits first began appearing in the 1970s. While they still follow the format of ready-to-dilute-and-ferment stuff in a package, t

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Picking the Right Wine Kit

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Aging Gracefully

All of the factors that go into when and how to age a wine make this a topic worth spending time on.

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Make Your Kit Wine Shine

Wine kits are sourced from vineyard all over the world, and top kits produce balanced wines with good character and varietal identity.

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Choosing a Filtering System

Winemaking is not a science but rather an art. There are many opinions on the pros and cons of the various processes that winemakers use. Th

The Strain Game

You need to select the right kind of yeast for the style of wine you want to make. Yet choosing the proper yeast should not be a daunting ta

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Wonderful Wine in a Box

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Blending to Improve Wines

Blending, in itself, is a physically simple task. You take one wine and stir it with another, and the result is a wine that tastes a little

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The Art of Winemaking

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Bottling, Start to Finish

The last step in making wine is putting it in the bottle. Learn the steps to do it safely and efficiently.

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Sangiovese: Varietal Focus

The primary grape used to make Chianti, Sangiovese, is a delicate and expressive grape that is not only grown in Italy.