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Harrogate Wine Club: A Love For Wine Doesn’t Age

When we are together bottling, corking and labeling the wine, we are all eager and happy to complete the project at hand, so we can enjoy th

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Home Winery Names

What’s in a name? If it’s a homewinery, it could be almost anything. Home winemakers explain their winery’s name.

Wine in Cómpeta

A New World home winemaker retires to Spain and gets in touch with the Old World ways of winemaking.

Wine & Olympics

Winemaking and the Olympic sport of skeleton racing have more in common than you might think.

Crazy Cat Winery

William Ruting of North Carolina has two hobbies: winemaking and house cats . . . 25 house cats, that is.

Metamorphosis

John Bowen incorporated pieces of Atlanta wine history in his wine cellar.

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Top 10 Winemaking Myths

As in many practices with a longstanding tradition before the scientific knowledge caught up, the field of wine and winemaking has its share

Making Wine in Montana

Montana is more than just the land of big skies — you can grow grapes there, too!

A Family Tradizione

A Brattleboro, Vermont man carries on his Italian family’s home winemaking tradition.

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Grape Stomping Party

A WineMaker reader shares their story of the genesis for an annual birthday grape stomp party.

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Starting a Winemaking Club

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Pruning the Avila Adobe Vine

In January, Wes Hagen joined Los Angeles archivist Michael Holland to prune the historic 200-year-old Avila Adobe vine and explore the histo

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Tasting Party

Hosting a wine tasting party for a handful of friends is one thing, but it’s another to host 150 guests.

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Lessons from Somms Who Make Wines

These three world-class sommeliers have taken the leap from designing restaurant wine programs and recommending bottles to growing grapes an

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A One-Vine Vineyard

After receiving little faith from his family, a man sets out to prove that he can make wine from the sole vine growing on their property. An

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Pirate Wines in Colorado

Robert Archibald was asked to make the wines for his daughter’s wedding. But there was a catch — the wines had to pair with the pirate t

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Wine is a Wonder

As a veteran winemaker, some of the initial joys of winemaking begin to fade, however as the winemaker understands more about the process an

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Birthday Planning for a Winemaker

A Texas winemaker wanted to indulge a friend who has always wanted to make his own wine by buying a wine kit as a birthday gift. But little

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Sacramental Wine

A reader shares his journey to produce a sacramental wine for his church. The lessons he learned during the process are of interest to all w

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Wine Flirtation Gets Serious

Most winemakers can trace their roots of making wine to either wine appreciation or their family. When the Milam family purchased a house wi

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Last Bottle of Sauvignon Blanc

A couple takes on the absolute challenge — making wine with no experience, guidance, or basic understanding of the hobby. Meet the Dooleys

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Birthday Planning: Dry Finish

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Winemaking in the Philippines: Dry Finish

The Philippines are not known for red wines, but there are a small group of winemakers looking to change that using exotic mountain berries.

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Wine, Women, & Support

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Evolution of a Wine & Its Maker