Alison Crowe

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Pressing Rosé, Creamy Chardonnay, & Oak Origins

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American vs. French Oak

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Creating California-style Chardonnay

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Press timing for rosé wines

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Small Barrels, Unwanted Secondary Ferments, Natural Ferments, & Cold Stabilization

The Wine Wiz explains the differences winemakers must consider when aging wine in smaller-volume oak barrels. She also troubleshoots an unwa

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Aging in Small Oak Barrels

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Unwanted secondary fermentation

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“Natural” fermentations

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Cold stabilization

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Over-Oaked Chardonnay, Choosing Yeast, Hard Water, & Stuck Ferments

Always start small with additions — it’s much easier to add more than to take something out later. That said, the Wine Wizard shares adv

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Curing an over-oaked Chardonnay

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Choosing Yeasts

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Dealing With Hard Water

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Stuck Syrah Fermentation

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Maximizing Color Extraction, Wine Aging Temps, a Need for Decating, & Taming Tannins

The Wiz offers advice on maximizing color extraction and shares the impact temperature plays in it. Plus: How cold is too cold to age wine,

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Maximizing Color Extraction

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What temperature is too cold to age wine?

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Do tannins soften over time?

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Why does my wine require long decanting times?

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A Ghost of Cabernet Past, Swing-Top Bottles & Bottle Shock

A 40-year-old Cabernet Sauvignon that’s now as white as a ghost? Oh no! The Wine Wizard gets to the bottom of this spooky phenomenon and a

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Red Wine Lost Its Color

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Using Swing-Top Bottles

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Dealing With Bottle Shock

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Taming Tartness, Adding Body, & Non-Alcoholic Wine

The Wine Wiz offers her wizdom to bring a tart wine into balance, as well as ways to add body to a wine and why non-alcoholic wine productio

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Can I make non-alcoholic wine?