Winemaking Techniques

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Handling Stuck Fermentations

While a stalled out fermentation can be a hassle, there are plenty of preventative measures we can take to preclude it from happening. Also,

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Post-Fermentation Adjustments to Taste

When alcoholic fermentation is all wrapped up, most people assume that the wine is then mostly left alone to age. But winemakers know well t

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Tasting Critically

Feedback is critical for winemakers who are looking to advance their hobby and no one should be more critical than you. Learn some of the ma

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Aging Wine Temperatures

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Using Screw-Top Bottles at Home

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Finishing Wines With a Secondary Fermentation

Most red and some white wines are put through a secondary malolactic fermentation (MLF). The process converts malic acid to lactic acid, whi

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Call of the Wild

Wild fermentations can often bring a level of complexity to a wine not always found using commercial Saccharomyces strains. But the tradeoff

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Bottle Capsules

Wine bottle capsules can take many forms. Reader Nicholas Cozzarelli takes us on a tour of the various kinds and how they are applied.

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Enological Oxygen Principles and Practices

While it sometimes gets a bad rap because too much oxygen can destroy a wine, oxygen is also very important to the winemaking process. Learn

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The Charmat Process to Sparkling Wine

Many homebrewers of beer are unknowingly very familiar with the Charmat method to carbonate wine. If you are unfamiliar with this easy, albe

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Stabilizing A Fruit Port

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Tips For Rehydrating Dry Yeast

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Sacrificial Tannins Explained

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Co-Fermentation: Tips From the Pros

Wine blends are most often created after fermenting each variety separately. However, that isn’t the only way to do it. Some winemakers ch

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Kegging Wine

In contemporary times beer and soft drinks have become the standard beverages to find on draft at bars and restaurants, but that is changin

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Tips for Blending Wine

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Craft Beer-Influenced Winemaking

A trend has emerged from the world of craft beer as some notable brewers have begun releasing wines. What sets these wines apart is an unusu

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Oak Barrel Aging Advice

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Red Bordeaux-Style Blends: Tips from the Pros

Three pros making high-end red Bordeaux-style blends share their advice on crafting these complex, elegant wines.

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Learning To Taste Wine At Different Stages

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Dealing With Haze

While haze can sometimes just be aesthetically off-putting and not a true flaw, it’s something many winemakers like to avoid. Get the scoo

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Bottling Blues Leads to Kegging Thoughts

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Keys to Successful Fermentations

No two fermentations are the same, which means that there is always more to be learned with each one! Give your yeast the best chance for su

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Campden Tablets Best Practices

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Lees, Sur Lie Aging, and Bâttonage

Learn about the lees that we find in wine and how we can use them to our advantage.