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Malolactic Fermentation Timing

Home Winemakers, Let’s Take a Vote: Those of you who put your wines through malolactic fermentation only after the alcoholic fermentation

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Sparkling Techniques

There is nothing as refreshing and enjoyable as a chilled bottle of mousseux (foamy), or fine bubbly.

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Meritage Roundtable: Tips on Making Bordeaux-Style Blends in the New World

We asked four commercial winemakers the same series of questions about making a red Meritage. There were a lot of different thoughts on how

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Making Sparkling Wine: Tips from the Pros

These three pros share their techniques and offer up tips to make your own sparkling wine at home.

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Cleaning and Sanitizing Your Way to Better Wine Kits

Nothing can ruin a batch of wine quicker than spoilage. We reveal the truth about cleaning and sanitation, and how to best accomplish it.

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Higher Alcohol Off-Odors in Wine

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Fining Your Way to Clear Wine

Fining of wine is the addition of one substance to remove another. It is a diverse subject with several classes of materials involved in its

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Build a Carboy Cleaner

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Design your Home Winery

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Grapevine Pruning Fundamentals

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Making Sangiovese: Tips from the Pros

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Managing Minerals in Winemaking

Mineral deficiencies or excesses can become sources of frustration for amateur winemakers because minerals, metals, and other ionic substanc

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Pairing Yeast with Grape

With so many yeasts made for fermenting wine, how do you choose which will work best with your grapes? Try this funnel approach.

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Making the Transition from Home Winemaker to Pro Winemaker

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Yeast Impact on Wine Aroma and Flavor

If you are of the opinion that yeast selection does not matter and that the only role of yeast is to convert sugar into ethyl alcohol (ethan

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Perfecting Pinot Grigio

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Cool Climate Winemaking Tips from Ontario

We talk with winemakers in Ontario, Canada, to learn how they approach making wine in their cool climate.

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Wine Evaluation: Tips from the Pros

Two experienced wine judges, who have judged in WineMaker’s amateur competition, explain what novice judges need to know when tasting wine.

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Blending Fruit and Grape Wines

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Maximize Wine Aromatics

The aromatic calculus for whites differs from that for reds, and aromatics in young wines are a world apart from the aromatics of well-aged

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Small Batch Winemaking Techniques

Making wine in small batches, usually from 3 to 5 liters (3 to 5 quarts), is both easier and at the same time more exacting than making wine

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Big Batch Winemaking Techniques

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Top 10 Winemaking Myths

As in many practices with a longstanding tradition before the scientific knowledge caught up, the field of wine and winemaking has its share

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Organic Grape Growing: Tips from the Pros

Growing grapes organically, like any other crop, is often more work than using synthetic fertilizers, solutions and sprays. But in the end,

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Fermentation Troubleshooting with Wine Kits