WineMaker Staff

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2026 Label Contest Winners

We share all of the winning labels from the 2026 WineMaker Label Contest, which include some repeat winners as well as new names from the hu

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Live Video Chat with Bob Peak (December 2025)

Watch the video playback of our December 2025 Live Video Chat with home winemaker and WineMaker technical editor, Bob Peak.

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2025

We share the top 100 wines made from kits and evaluated by experienced judges in the 2025 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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Under the Tuscan Vine

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Live Video Chat with Stephen Scarnato

Watch the video playback of our November 2025 Live Video Chat with pro viticulturist and winemaker Stephen Scarnato.

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Live Video Chat with Jenne Baldwin-Eaton (2025)

Listen to the playback of our Live Q&A with Jenne Baldwin-Eaton from September 2025.

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Live Video Chat with Zac Brown (2025)

Listen to the replay of our Live Q&A with British Columbian winemaker Zac Brown.

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2025 WineMaker Magazine Conference Recap

More than 100 home winemakers came to Sacramento, California, in May for WineMaker’s 16th and final in-person conference to take part in e

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Wine Adventure Down Under

We share images and recap a trip Publisher Brad Ring recently led WineMaker readers on across South Australia’s different wine regions.

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2025 Wine Education

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Live Q&A with Bob Peak (January 2025)

Watch the video playback of our January 2025 Live Video Chat with Bob Peak.

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2025 Label Contest Winners

We share our favorite amateur wine labels entered into WineMaker’s 2025 Label Contest — from a faceless woman and a woman’s face seemi

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2024

We reveal the 100 highest scoring kit wines judged in the 2024 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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Tempranillo Time

WineMaker readers recently joined Publisher Brad Ring exploring Spain’s Rioja wine region and either side of the Spain-France border in Ba

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2024 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition Results

View the winners from the 2024 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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South African Wine Safari

We recap and share pictures from a recent WineMaker trip with readers to the wine regions of South Africa.

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2024 Wine Education

Looking to advance your winemaking knowledge? Check out these wine education programs to start your journey down the path to a higher educat

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2024 WineMaker Label Contest Winners

We share our favorite labels from the hundreds of entries submitted in the annual WineMaker Label Contest.

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Port and So Much More!

We recap and share pictures from a recent trip in which WineMaker’s publisher and a group of readers explored Portugal’s diverse wine cu

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2023

We share the 100 best-performing wine kits in the 2023 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition.

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Live Chat with Frank Renaldi

Live Chat with Frank Renaldi that took place on September 28, 2023.

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2023 WineMaker Magazine Conference Recap

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¡Vamos Vendimia!

WineMaker readers and Publisher Brad Ring recently spent a week exploring beautiful wine regions in Chile and Argentina during harvest. We r

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Story Behind The Label

We saw a lot of cool looking amateur wine labels in our 2023 label contest but nothing quite as unique as these. Check out these labels from

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Top 100 Wine Kits of 2022

More than 400 wines made from kits were judged at the 2022 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition. Many received recognition; and