Wine Types

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  Luscious Port Wine

  Learn to make your own Port-style wine at home.

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  Gewurztraminer: Varietal Focus

  Gewürztraminer can produce spectacular grapes when grown in the proper environment. But grown in the wrong environment, the grapes often pr

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  Grenache: Varietal Focus

  The Grenache grape variety is highly recommended for the home winemaker. The variety is readily available in fresh-grape form and the price

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  Riesling: Varietal Focus

  Riesling is known for its potential longevity and ability to develop characteristics of individual vineyard sites without losing traditional

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  Seyval Blanc: Varietal Focus

  Seyval Blanc produces abundant crops in cold climates and offers the winemaker an opportunity to make a variety of wines from one grape.

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  Sauvignon Blanc: Varietal Focus

  From a winemaker’s standpoint, Sauvignon Blanc is one of the easiest wines to make.

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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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  Great Gewurztraminer from Grapes

  From finding the uncommon grapes to fermenting the delicate wine, making Gewürztraminer wine is no simple task.

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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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  Sparkling Wine, Step-by-Step

  Anyone who can make a clean white wine and knows a bit about secondary fermentation can whip up a killer Champagne-style sparkling wine.