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MLF: Tips from the Pros

Two pro winemakers share their approach to conducting malolactic fermentation — one prefers to begin it a couple days after primary fermen

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Fermenting Pears

A perrymaker in Oregon shares advice for making perry, which he does most commonly from dessert pears.

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Backyard Pruning: Tips from the Pros

Two amateurs who have won Best of Show medals for their estate-grown wines share advice for late-winter pruning and vineyard care.

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Gold Tips for Red Wine Kits

The idea that making a great tasting wine from a kit is simple if you follow the directions isn’t wrong, though there is often a bit more

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Tips for Using Barrel Alternatives

If you don’t have a barrel to put your wine in, then put a barrel alternative in your wine. Two experts share advice for getting the most

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Whole Cluster Fermentation Tips

Two pros share why they prefer whole cluster fermentations for certain varieties, the impact it has, and considerations home winemakers shou

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Beyond Oak: Tips from the Pros

Almost all winemakers use oak barrels for aging red and some white wines, as has been the case for ages. However, if you go back far enough,

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Making Riesling Wines: Tips From the Pros

Get some pointers on working with the stylistically diverse Riesling grape, a cool-climate loving noble variety.

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Co-Fermentation: Tips From the Pros

Wine blends are most often created after fermenting each variety separately. However, that isn’t the only way to do it. Some winemakers ch

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Red Bordeaux-Style Blends: Tips from the Pros

Three pros making high-end red Bordeaux-style blends share their advice on crafting these complex, elegant wines.

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Medal-Winning Dessert Kit Tips

Following the directions that come with your wine kit will result in very good wine, but sometimes experimenting is part of the fun. Three a

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Hard Cider Variations: Tips from the Pros

Fall is here and there is an abundance of apples available and ready to be fermented. Three experts share advice for three different types o

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Pressing Like the Pros: Tips from the Pros

Do you whole-cluster press? Separate free-run juice and press fractions? Maximize juice collection through high pressure? There are a lot of

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Wine from Frozen Must: Tips from the Pros

When you want to make wines from grapes but it isn’t harvest season, one option home winemakers have is purchasing buckets of frozen must

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Finding Balance with Hybrids

Hybrid grapes pose certain challenges to winemakers including higher acidity and lower tannins. Three cool-climate winemakers share their ad

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Cooking With Wine

Wine isn’t just the best beverage to pair with food, it’s also great to use as an ingredient in meals. With that in mind, we asked some

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Backsweetening Fruit Wines

Backsweetening is a popular method to balance and bring out the fruit character in fruit wines. We enlist two experts to share their tips to

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Blending Italian Red Wines

Three North American winemakers share their best advice for blending red Italian varieties that are often lesser known and less common in th

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Traditional Meadmaking: Tips from the Pros

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Tannin Additions: Tips from the Pros

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Red Fermentation Decisions: Tips from the Pros

Benefit From a Cold Soak: Tips From the Pros

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Spring Vineyard Care: Tips from the Pros

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Blending with Malbec: Tips from the Pros

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Intro to Wine Kits: Tips from the Pros