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Winemaking from Grapes
Make wine like the pros beginning with fresh grapes. This is the most labor-intensive approach to making wine, but it also allows a winemaker the most flexibility to craft the wine they desire.
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Wine-wizard
How to Adjust SO2 Levels In Must
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Technique
Purchasing Grapes
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Article
Fresh Grape Supplier Directory
Looking for fresh grapes this harvest season? Here is a list of select fresh grape vendors you can purchase grapes from.
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Technique
Extraction Decisions: Keying into the details of maceration
With harvest just around the corner, it’s time to study up on your extraction plan for this year’s grapes. Alex Russan looks at some of
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Technique
Let’s Get Macerating
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Technique
Italian Techniques for Bubbles
There are many ways to make sparkling or spritzy wines. An Italian winemaker offers tips for two methods used in regions of Italy — Govern
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Article
One Grape, Many Styles
There are many reasons that 10 wines made from the same grape may taste completely different, and often it is because the winemaker planned
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Wine-wizard
Discussing Pros v. Cons of Pinot Noir
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Technique
Red Hybrid Winemaking
There are some intricacies when making red table wines from hybrid grapes that vinifera winemakers don’t experience — from growing pract
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Article
From Grape to Glass
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Article
Making Chardonnay
Chardonnay is one of the world’s most popular wine grapes, grown across the world, and can be turned into many different wine styles.
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Article
Making Cabernet Sauvignon
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Article
New Skills: Master maceration
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Article
Build Your Own Basket Press
Build this basket press using HDPE plastic.
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Technique
Adjust Your Must
There are many points throughout the winemaking process where a winemaker must make adjustments in order to influence the final outcome. W
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Wine-wizard
Brown Colored White Wine
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Wine-wizard
Questionable ‘Premium’ Grapes
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Wine-wizard
Sluggish Fermentation Woes
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Article
Your First Lug of Grapes
Buying your first lug of grapes can be intimidating, but it does not need to be. Get some pointers before committing to your first box of gr
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Article
Crushing Grapes
Supposedly there are many ways to skin a cat, but we’re not familiar with any of them. Luckily for winemakers, Bob Peak knows many ways to
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Article
Making the Cut
Press cuts give the winemaker more blending options to create a wine precisely as it was envisioned. Learn if, and when, press cuts may bene
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Article
A Walk Alongside Ripeness
How ripe your grapes are when picked is one of the most important factors in determining what your wine will taste like. Here is a closer lo
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Wine-wizard
White Crystals After Crushing
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Wine-wizard
Dealing With High Brix Grapes
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Article
Making Wine From Grapes