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White Wine Skin Contact

Today’s proposed violation takes on one of the dominant conventions of modern white winemaking: no skin contact.

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Wines Two Ways: Oaked and Unoaked

To understand flavor balance in your wine, you must first understand some of the basic principles to consider when deciding whether or not t

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Performing Bench Trials

It is always recommended to do a bench trial prior to making any big adjustment or blend. Learn how to dial in an exact adjustment/addition

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Small Batch Wine Experiments

How to perform small batch experiments, and some specific experiments that may be worth digging into.

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Maceration Tips and Techniques

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Making Country Wine from Berries

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Bâtonnage Winemaking Techniques

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Malolactic Fermentation Timing

Home Winemakers, Let’s Take a Vote: Those of you who put your wines through malolactic fermentation only after the alcoholic fermentation

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Sparkling Techniques

There is nothing as refreshing and enjoyable as a chilled bottle of mousseux (foamy), or fine bubbly.

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Meritage Roundtable: Tips on Making Bordeaux-Style Blends in the New World

We asked four commercial winemakers the same series of questions about making a red Meritage. There were a lot of different thoughts on how

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Fun With Wine Filtration

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Higher Alcohol Off-Odors in Wine

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Fining Your Way to Clear Wine

Fining of wine is the addition of one substance to remove another. It is a diverse subject with several classes of materials involved in its

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Kombucha In My Winery?

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Pairing Yeast with Grape

With so many yeasts made for fermenting wine, how do you choose which will work best with your grapes? Try this funnel approach.

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Yeast Impact on Wine Aroma and Flavor

If you are of the opinion that yeast selection does not matter and that the only role of yeast is to convert sugar into ethyl alcohol (ethan

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Cool Climate Winemaking Tips from Ontario

We talk with winemakers in Ontario, Canada, to learn how they approach making wine in their cool climate.

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Wine Evaluation: Tips from the Pros

Two experienced wine judges, who have judged in WineMaker’s amateur competition, explain what novice judges need to know when tasting wine.

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Blending Fruit and Grape Wines

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Maximize Wine Aromatics

The aromatic calculus for whites differs from that for reds, and aromatics in young wines are a world apart from the aromatics of well-aged

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Small Batch Winemaking Techniques

Making wine in small batches, usually from 3 to 5 liters (3 to 5 quarts), is both easier and at the same time more exacting than making wine

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Big Batch Winemaking Techniques

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Fermentation Troubleshooting with Wine Kits

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Back Sweetening Wine Techniques

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Chaptalization and Fermentation