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Red Grape Varietals
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Petite Sirah
The clusters are small and dense. When you crush and de-stem, the color almost immediately begins to release from the skins.
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Pinot Noir
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Technique
Quick Drinking Wine Kits
Strategies for getting the most out of wine you’re going to drink insanely young — like on bottling day, or even earlier.
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Malbec: Beyond Bordeaux
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Cab-Syrah
Many great wines are designed as blends from the start, and two varieties that are perfect complements are Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah.
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Cabernet Sauvignon – Syrah Wine Blends
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Norton Grapes: An American Original
Learn about Norton grapes, an American original, plus how to make Norton wine from these grapes native to America.
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Concord: Varietal Focus
Just about everyone, wine consumer and abstainer alike, knows the name Concord. It may have been the first sip of wine to pass the lips of m
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Super Syrah!
Syrah can do well in a wide variety of climates and produces wine in a number of styles, from drink-it-today fruity to structured and age-wo
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Pinot Noir: Varietal Focus
Pinot Noir is a heralded red table wine. It is usually made in a dry style that features delicate fruit aromas and flavors. The wine typical
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Grenache: Varietal Focus
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Zinfandel: Varietal Focus
Learn about Zinfandel and find instructions to make Zin in three different wine styles.
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All Hail Cabs!
Often considered the king of red wines, Cabernet Sauvignon wines are as diverse as the lands upon which the grapes are grown.
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Making Cabernet Franc: Tips from the Pros
Derek Wilber, Anthony Road Wine Co., Penn Yan, NY on making Cabernet Franc wines and the importance of quality juice.
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Mastering Merlot
Merlot has become an important winemaking grape throughout the world.
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Hot Rhônes: Syrah & Carignan
Learn how to make your own red Rhône blend, from sourcing grapes, selecting yeast, and techniques to make your wine sing.
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Sangiovese: Varietal Focus
The primary grape used to make Chianti, Sangiovese, is a delicate and expressive grape that is not only grown in Italy.