Aug-Sep 2010
Egg White Fining and Overoaking
Using egg whites Q I’m making a white wine and want to add egg white to help with the fining before my last racking. Is there any information on how to do
Verdelho: More than Madeira
Verdelho is the most widely planted grape on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
WineMaker 2010 Conference
More than 450 hobby winemakers from across North America descended on the Pacific Northwest in May for the sold-out WineMaker Magazine Conference. This third annual event featured an all-star cast of winemaking
Sparkling Country Wine
The first sparkling wine I ever made was a black cherry. It was supposed to be a semi-sweet still wine, so when I opened the first bottle at a social event, I
Keys to a Great Crush and Press
When the harvest season rolls around each year, and winemakers gear up for the busy season, a winemaker’s plans to improve on the previous vintage should have already started in spring and
Using Egg Whites To Fine White Wine
For readers who don’t know, adding a solution of egg whites to wine does a nice job of pulling out excess tannins and phenolics that might cause your wine to be overly
Growing Chardonnay: Backyard Vines
Chardonnay is a grape varietal that has an identity crisis. She is both a rock star and a charlatan, a soft spoken ballerina and a brazen harlot, generic as a white label
Grand Champion: Dry Finish
During the day, I am a drywaller and I own my own business, but in my own time I have been making homemade wines for 20 years. I started out making Concord
