Date: Aug-Sep 2009
Making Mozzarella: A primer on making cheese at home
FREEMaking mozzarella is fast and easy once you get the hang of it. Here is an easy guide to get you going to mastering the art of making your own soft mozzarella. Your caprese salad will never be the same…
Making it Legal, Antique Grape Juice: Wine Wizard
MEMBERS ONLYQ I have been making wine at home for the past five years and my friends tell me I am pretty good! They like my wine and I thought about starting to sell it at our local farmers’ market. My question is, when do I cross the line from being just a home hobbyist (which
When do I cross the line from being just a home hobbyist to being a “winemaker?”
FREEThere definitely has been an explosion in the number of people making and selling wine in this country! Every year, the number of brands listed with the TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax
2009 WineMaker Magazine Conference
FREEThe second annual WineMaker Magazine Conference took place on May 15 and 16 this year at the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel & Spa in the heart of wine country. This conference,
The Home Wine Laboratory
FREEIt is said that fine winemaking begins in the vineyard, but I’ve found that winemaking is an unending process, starting with the grapes and continuing to evolve once bottled. Wine is a
Antique Grape Juice
FREEI can guarantee the contents of the bottles are completely useless for any winemaking application. It’s almost unheard of for a wine, let alone much more-perishable grape juice, to survive in any
Planning the Right Red: Backyard Vines
FREE“The First Duty of wine is to be Red . . . the second is to be a Burgundy.”Harry Waugh Harry Waugh’s quote (above) could have come from Mother Nature. Even nature
Making Medals: Dry Finish
FREEMy first encounter with wine was when my Aunt Mary, took her nieces and nephews to California. We were in San Francisco and the adults were drinking red dry wine and, at