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A longtime home winemaker shares some of his earliest memories of helping his Grampa make wine in the 1950s — which began with a drive to
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In recent years there has been quite a bit of news coverage around excess grapes being grown. There is also a high rate of food insecurity i
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We take you behind the scenes of a collegiate wine competition hosted by Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California, with help from a
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Seeing so many brambly hedges of fresh blackberries along a dirt road, a woman with a stubborn curiosity and desire to create something her
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Stuck in a rut and at the cusp of retirement, a couple buys a home with a backyard vineyard in Calaveras County, California. Determined to n
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The annual WineMaker Magazine Conference isn’t just about attending seminars and learning, it’s also about camaraderie. One longtime at
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Armed with a Super Soaker, WineMaker’s publisher learned quickly not to bring a wine-filled water gun to a Spanish wine fight (where the l
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Wine and coffee have a lot in common. Variety, growing conditions, terroir, and technique in the process of turning the raw material into th
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A home winemaker sets out to explore just how versatile Grenache can be by making five different wines from it in a single vintage, includin
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A New York City gentleman who recently retired found himself the owner of a country home in Italy with hundreds of Moscato grape vines. Havi
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A home winemaker and woodworker got the idea that mahogany may lend itself nicely to wine in place of oak. This simple idea led him on a yea
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A winemaker reflects back on the humble beginnings of his winemaking journey, one that started in his father-in-law’s garage and has since
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Fifty years ago, a group of home winemakers in the Sacramento, California, area decided to make an official club dedicated to their hobby. I
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When an amateur winemaker notices that his 6-year-old daughter is taking a keen interest in his hobby, he happily opens the door to his wine
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When a home winemaker moves to Finland and finds that the grape winemaking he has come to know and love isn’t feasible there, he turns to
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We saw a lot of cool looking amateur wine labels in our 2023 label contest but nothing quite as unique as these. Check out these labels from
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WineMaker’s Associate Publisher Kiev Rattee traveled to a friend’s vineyard to help with the most recent harvest. There is something mag
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October 2022, a team of four super wine-tasting women (who are also amateur winemakers) traveled to Champagne, France, along with their coac
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Considered one of the great wine regions back in the days when Phoenicians ruled the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is seeing a big comeback in r
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When a young hobby winemaker finds out it is illegal to make wine at home in her city and county, she takes the next obvious step: She gets
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A winemaker and his brother team up to create a boysenberry wine. Join along on their adventure to crafting the perfect summer sipper.
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A group of wine lovers in Kenya turned to traditional winemaking when the world around them slowed to a crawl and imports of wines from Euro
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Fifty years ago a hobby winemaker decided to “go pro” by opening his own home winemaking supply shop. To attract customers, he started a
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One reader who is also a medical doctor discusses the potential health benefits of wine tasters who swish and spit their wines. It may be on