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Degassing Wine

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Macerating Skin Packs

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Varnish on Mini Barrels

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Vineyard Planning

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Live Chat with Frank Musto

Live Chat with Frank Musto, which took place on August 12, 2020.

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Live Chat with Alison Crowe

Live Chat with Alison Crowe, which took place on July 16, 2020.

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Adding Acid to Sanitize, Sparkling Situation: Wine Wizard

The second and perhaps the most important reason is that if you’re doing your final rinsing with an acid blend that contains malic acid, y

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Quality Control

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Yeast-free wine and quality control: Wine Wizard

The good news is that most wines that you can buy off the supermarket shelf don’t contain a lot of yeast cells; if they did, the wines wou

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Chlorine Conundrum & Country Wines: Wine Wizard

I never use any chlorine-containing cleaning compounds in my winemaking and don’t recommend it to anyone. There are plenty of alternatives

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Volatile Acidity: A little goes a long way

Many wine aficionados view volatile acidity (VA) as a very fine line between a good thing and a bad thing. Find out ways to control VA so th

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Pressing Issues