Aug-Sep 2009
Making Mozzarella: A primer on making cheese at home
Making 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
Q 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
When do I cross the line from being just a home hobbyist to being a “winemaker?”
There 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
The 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
Wine analysis can be expensive, but it is worth it. It helps you to understand what you are doing during production, aids in the diagnosis of problem wines, and improves your chances of success. There are commercial laboratories that will do any analysis you’d like, for a fee, but it takes time to get the results back. For home winemakers who want those numbers at their fingertips, one option is to set up a home wine lab.
Antique Grape Juice
I 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
“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
My 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
