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Adding Carbonation To A Dessert Wine

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Properly Measuring Wine Cap Temperature

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Protecting Your Wine From Oxygen During Racking

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White Wine Aromatics: Factors to guide your white wines

It’s hard not to find appeal in the aromatics of a tropical fruit or floral Sauvignon Blanc or hints of vanilla, citrus, and caramel in a

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ATrying to Work With Grape Juice That is Amiss

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Using Pectic Enzymes in a Red Wine

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Crafting a Buttery-Style of Chardonnay

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The Role of Varietal Thiols in White Wines

Volatile thiols are delicate but powerful aromatic compounds released during fermentation. Through careful techniques and yeast selection, t

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Better Together: Creating Red Blends

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Finding the Right Closure

After dedicating as much time as we do making a batch of wine, the final step of putting a closure on the bottle can’t be overlooked. Ther

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Blending Italian Red Wines

Three North American winemakers share their best advice for blending red Italian varieties that are often lesser known and less common in th

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Pat Henderson’s Blending Spreadsheet

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Malolactic Fermentation After Cold Stabilizing

I plan to cold stabilize over the winter months in my winery. Will malolactic fermentation under these circumstances naturally kick back in

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Adding Sorbate After MLF

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Volatile Acidity Fixes

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Wine Bottle Deposits

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Recording Notes Like a Pro

Keeping a very detailed log of each wine you make will allow you to track your wine’s daily progress from the vineyard to the bottle, and

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Curing A Stuck Fermentation

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Red Fermentation Decisions: Tips from the Pros

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Red Wine Fermentation Considerations

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White Wine Fermentation Decisions

Whether it is choosing a yeast strain, halting fermentation with a little residual sugar, putting a wine through malolactic fermentation, or

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Degassing Wine

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Varnish on Mini Barrels

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Benefit From a Cold Soak: Tips From the Pros

The benefits of cold soaking are debated among winemakers, but those who subscribe to the technique of keeping (usually red) grapes cool for

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Bulk Aging

Explore the various equipment available to home winemakers for bulk aging wine prior to bottling — from plastic and glass, to stainless s