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The Wine Wizard’s “Pearls of Wiz-dom”

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Using The Smoke, Campden Tablets, Getting Grape Updates, and Some Pearls of Wiz-dom

With wildfires on the rise in many wine regions around the world, smoke taint has become a common phrase. Learn about it and ways winemakers

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Campden Tablets Best Practices

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Getting Grape Updates During Growing Season

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Coping With Grapes Affected By Smoke Taint

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Bottling Tips and Checklist

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Learn Some Wine Judge Etiquette

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Bottling Tips and Wine Judge Etiquette

Bottling is typically the final step towards producing wine where a winemaker can foul things up. Get some recommendations from the Wizard o

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Practical Advice For Oak Chips and Volatile Acidity

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Malolactic-palooza and The Importance Of pH

Malolactic fermentation can be finicky even for professional winemakers, but there are protocols winemakers can follow to help avoid the hea

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Post-Fermentation Wine Acid Adjustment

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Troubleshooting Malolactic Fermentation

Malolactic fermentation seems to be going well (slow bubbling) but one of the carboys has nice, fairly clear red wine while the other has cl

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Finding a Vinegar Storage Space

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Tips For Making Cantaloupe Wine

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Fermentation Completion, Vinegar Storage Space and Cantaloupe Wine

A winemaker is left scratching their head when a wine that seemingly has fermented dry is still producing bubbles. The Wizard also provides

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Judging Fermentation Completion

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Matching Quality Grapes With Oak And The Complexities Of Raspberry Wine

When a winemaker gets their hands on some highly coveted Cabernet Sauvignon grapes, he wants to make sure that the oak quality matches the g

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Dealing With Acid Issue on a Raspberry Wine

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Barrel Alternatives: Matching quality grapes with oak

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Effects Of Using Killer Yeast In My Winery?

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Sensing Ripeness in Grapes

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Uneven Ripening Of Grapes

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Uneven Ripening, Sensing Ripeness, and Killer Yeast

It’s hard to get universal ripening of your grapes in a small vineyard with lots of variability. The Wizard provides some pointers as well

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Cures To An Oversulfited Wine

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Advice For A Beginning Winemaker