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SANTA BARBARA PINOT NOIR ROUNDTABLE – Pinot Noir produced in Santa Barbara County was the real star of the movie “Sideways”. We’re g
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WINEMAKER WORKSHOP: SIDE-BY-SIDE OAK TRIALS When it comes to oaking options for your wine there are so many choices to make. American oak, F
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Learn how to make your own sparkling wine at home using wine kits. Tim Vandergrift will walk you through the steps of the various ways to pu
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Wines are living things and as a winemaker you need to do what you can to make sure to protect it against both physical and microbiological
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SUR LIE TECHNIQUES – When handled properly aging wine on the lees can give it more mouthfeel, body and aromatic complexity. But you ne
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SUR LIE TECHNIQUES – When handled properly aging wine on the lees can give it more mouthfeel, body, and aromatic complexity. But you nee
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The Fine Art of Fining – The first thing you notice when you are handed a glass of wine is its color and clarity. Fining is one of the eas
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Learn how to get even more out of your wine kit and ways to get creative when approaching making wine from your next kit. Tim Vandergrift wi
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Malolactic fermentation plays an important role in many wines. But how do you know whether you should even take your wine through malolactic
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Napa-based professional winemaker Alison Crowe has answered hundreds of questions in her decade long role as WineMaker’s popular “Wine W
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Learn how to produce your own sparkling wine at home with professional winemaker and author Daniel Pambianchi. He’ll walk through the step
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TROUBLESHOOTING OFF-ODORS, OFF-FLAVORS & OFF-COLORS – Napa-based professional winemaker Alison Crowe has answered hundreds of question
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Sometimes despite your best efforts, wines can take a bad turn. Off colors, bad odors and stuck fermentations are just a few of the potentia
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pH and acidity are two intertwined keys to better wines. The more you know about the important impact of pH and acidity on the quality of th
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There are many myths and plenty of bad information out there about how a wine ages and how to determine when a wine is at its peak for drink
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USING ENZYMES TO BOOST YOUR WINES – Sometimes Mother Nature can use a helping hand when you make wine with grapes. Color and tannin extrac