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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

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Using Variable Volume Wine Tanks

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Kegging Your Wine

While kegged wine has become fairly common in some bars, home winemakers still traditionally bottle. Learn some of the basics to kegging you

Bottling Your First Batch

An introduction into bottling your first batch of wine.

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Making Fortified Wine

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Award-Winning Red Wine Blends Roundtable

Five top medal winners from the WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition share the secrets of their red wine blending success.

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Build a Champagne Bottle Capper

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Malolactic Fermentation for Beginners

A quick explanation of what malolactic fermentation is, and how/when you may want to do it.

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Stopping Fermentation

Learn how to stop fermentation before reaching dryness, plus when and why a winemaker may wish to do so.

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Co-Inoculation with Wine Yeasts and Bacteria

Ask 5 winemakers and you may get 6 opinions about co-inoculation. But what does the science say?

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Maintaining a Home Wine Cellar

Here are some tips and suggestions on cellaring your homemade wine and maintaining the cellar itself.

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Oxidation in Winemaking

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Winemaking Tips from Bordeaux

Bordeaux wine styles are the dreams, the ultimate goal of Cabernet and/or Merlot winemakers everywhere. Whether the wines are called Caberne

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Adding Sugar to your Wine

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Bulk Wine Aging

There is more to cellaring bulk wine than meets the eye. Throughout the aging process, the winemaker is on a tightrope walk between interven

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Rosé Techniques Roundtable

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Bottling Your Wine

Bottling your wine requires careful planning, preparation, and execution.

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Fermentation Troubles

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Storing Wine Ingredients

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Zinfandel Wine Case Study

You’ve heard over and over the importance of taking notes during winemaking. But what do you do with those findings? Follow along with the p

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Balancing Fruit and Sugar in Country Wines

Bob Peak digs into how much sugar is needed to get the desired alcohol level, and how much fruit is needed to offer a pleasing profile and a

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Wild Yeast Fermentation