Roman winemakers did not have any technology at their disposal thousands of years ago. They picked the grapes and put them in ...

By TOM MARQUARDT and PATRICK DARR   Wine history is ladened with invention. Specialized harvesting equipment, optical grape ...

Winemakers discuss how they use indigenous or commercial yeast to influence the fermentation of grapes and affect the flavor it their wine.

The best summer wines are lighter weight, less tannic, lower in alcohol and take to a chill, and they are always refreshing.

I wanted to find out whether Buffalo Trace’s new Distiller’s Council bourbon is pure nostalgia or worth the price, so I got ...

But flavor isn't all that fermentation offers, and the practice is far more widespread than you might think. Grapes become ...

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.

Finger Lakes Community College has released a new student-crafted sparkling wine, now available for purchase both online and ...

May was really wet, with over 6 inches of rain in our Fosterville vineyard in Cayuga County, and the rain continued in June, ...

The grapes go from crushing and de-stemming into primary fermentation, where they're placed into 375-gallon, open-top totes, he explained. Then, Brix measurements are taken, and sugar and yeast ...

There is an old saying that honey works better than vinegar for catching flies. But when it comes to our health, vinegar is ...

One way the West Michigan winery has bypassed the need for chemicals is through cover cropping, which increases biodiversity ...