Yeast & Fermentation

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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.

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A Nitro Boost: Nitrogen’s role in primary fermentation

Wine was made for millennia with little intervention from humans. But let’s be honest, we have no idea how those wines tasted. Today we kn

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Troubleshooting Malolactic Fermentation

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Non-Conventional Yeast: Tailor-made solutions for new challenges

Many of us in winemaking were trained to trust Saccharomyces yeast and not leave our wines to chance with wild strains. But winds of change

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Finding a Vinegar Storage Space

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Judging Fermentation Completion

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Effects Of Using Killer Yeast In My Winery?

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The Alcohols

Ethanol may be the most prominent and well-known alcohol in wine, but it is not the only one to play a large role in a wine’s character. L

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Maceration Enzymes: Making the most of these additions

There are a lot of enzyme products available to winemakers, but in general they can be broken into just a few classes. Learn when and why a

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Achieving Cold Stable Wines

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The ABC’s of MLF

If you make your own wine, no matter what kind, the concept of malolactic fermentation (MLF) should be well embedded in your mind. Learn som

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Properly Measuring Wine Cap Temperature

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ATrying to Work With Grape Juice That is Amiss

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Adding Sorbate After MLF

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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

Benefit From a Cold Soak: Tips From the Pros

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Wine Yeast to Make Bread

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The Importance of Temperature Control in Winemaking

Not properly controlling the temperature of your grapes, must, juice, or wine can have lasting impacts. Learn when and how to take control.

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Crazy pH Shift

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