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Maceration is part of the winemaking process, especially for red wines, and it is considered part of the art of wine making. Maceration extracts color, flavor, tannins, and aroma compounds from the grape skins, seeds, and sometimes stems into the jui...
There seems to be a lot of information and some misinformation out there about the production of rosé wine. I’m not sure why this topic is so complicated or confusing. Rosé is quite simple and such a simple pleasure. So, let’s take a look at how rosé...
Spring-time is a great time to start enjoying Rosé. It’s bright fruit flavors and wonderful acidity makes a nice chilled rosé very thirst quenching. And its bright pink hue just seems to go with all the beautiful blooms of the season. But, you may wo...
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed a Sauvignon Blanc from Chile. The tech sheet that came with it described how the wine was made including the terms ‘maceration,’ ‘lees,’ and ‘battonage.’ We took a brief look at ‘maceration’ last time where, simply ...
The words ‘maceration,’ ‘lees,’ and ‘battonage’ are somewhat technical wine words. My recent review of a Sauvignon Blanc from Chile included these terms that were included on the spec sheet. While the words themselves may be unfamiliar, their meaning...
There seems to be a lot of information and some misinformation out there about the production of rosé wine. I’m not sure why this topic is so complicated or confusing. Rosé is quite simple and such a simple pleasure. So, let’s take a look at how rosé...