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Roman winemakers did not have any technology at their disposal thousands of years ago. They picked the grapes and put them in ...
But flavor isn't all that fermentation offers, and the practice is far more widespread than you might think. Grapes become ...
By TOM MARQUARDT and PATRICK DARR   Wine history is ladened with invention. Specialized harvesting equipment, optical grape ...
I wanted to find out whether Buffalo Trace’s new Distiller’s Council bourbon is pure nostalgia or worth the price, so I got ...
Winemakers discuss how they use indigenous or commercial yeast to influence the fermentation of grapes and affect the flavor it their wine.
Finger Lakes Community College has released a new student-crafted sparkling wine, now available for purchase both online and ...
Brut Nature champagnes stand for radical purity and uncompromising taste — no sugar, no makeup. Peter Jauch explains why this ...
In the fermentation, the yeast feed on natural sugars from the grape and produce a range of bi-products in the metabolism. The most important for winemaking are alcohol, CO2, and heat.
May was really wet, with over 6 inches of rain in our Fosterville vineyard in Cayuga County, and the rain continued in June, ...
The feasibility of capturing the carbon dioxide produced during fermentation for reuse in winery operations has been confirmed in a trial carried out during the 2024 and 2025 vintages at Hill Smith ...
His wineries produce red, white, sparkling, rosé and orange wines from a network of grape growers across Languedoc-Roussillon ...
There is an old saying that honey works better than vinegar for catching flies. But when it comes to our health, vinegar is ...