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Winemaking Techniques
There are many approaches to making wine, depending on the style you wish to make, the fruit, and winemaker preference. Learn about different techniques, when and why they may be used, and how to incorporate them in your process.
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Technique
Using Variable Volume Wine Tanks
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Technique
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
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Article
Bottling Your First Batch
An introduction into bottling your first batch of wine.
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Technique
Making Fortified Wine
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Technique
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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Technique
Build a Champagne Bottle Capper
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Article
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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Article
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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Technique
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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Technique
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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Technique
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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Technique
Adding Sugar to your Wine
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Technique
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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Technique
Rosé Techniques Roundtable
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Technique
Bottling Your Wine
Bottling your wine requires careful planning, preparation, and execution.
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Wine-wizard
Fermentation Troubles
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Technique
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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Technique
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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Article
Wild Yeast Fermentation
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Wine-wizard
Color Loss in Candy Cane Wine
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Article
Stock Your Wine Cellar
A home winemaker offers tips on how to keep your wine cellar stocked with a variety of wines.
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Technique
Split Batch Wine Kit Experiments
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Article
Super Blends