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Flex Your Terroir: Expressing your white wines

Terroir has been a bit of an esoteric topic for a long time in winemaking. But as we come to learn more about it we are figuring out ways to

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Scaling Up: Crushing, pressing, and fermenting larger batches of wine

Scaling up to larger and larger sized batches of wine may save money because of bulk buying, but new equipment will become necessary at some

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Using Pectic Enzymes in a Red Wine

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Best Practices: Mythic vines make for mythic wines

Have you ever visited a vineyard and wondered, “How did they do that?!” You know the place, where all the vines seem to be in sync and h

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Go Big at Home

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Scaling Up Grapes

There is a certain set of hobby winemakers that are happy with their current winery set up and volume. But for those that are looking to gro

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Grape Skins: Start to finish

Grape skins can be one of the most important components when creating some wines, while being detrimental to others. Scratch the surface of

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Freezing Grapes

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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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Pressing Issues

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How to Adjust SO₂ Levels In Must

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Purchasing Grapes

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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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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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Let’s Get Macerating

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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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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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Discussing Pros v. Cons of Pinot Noir

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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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From Grape to Glass

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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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Making Cabernet Sauvignon

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New Skills: Master maceration

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Build Your Own Basket Press

Build this basket press using HDPE plastic.

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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