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Image of Red Wine Fermenting (FreePik) I was recently in wine country and visited a favorite winery. While tasting some of the recent releases with the owner/winemaker, I posed the question “Does the type of yeast used affect the flavor of with wi...
Natural Yeast on the Surface of Grapes — Photo by Wayne Christensen on Unsplash Wine makers have used yeast for centuries to ferment the juice of grapes into wine. And, part of the art of winemaking is choosing the right yeast to use. Wine makers...
What is more natural than a glass of wine? Grow some grape vines, wait for them to produce grapes, harvest the grape bunches, de-stem them (sometimes), crush them to produce juice, leave the crushed grapes in contact with the juice to create color...
Last time we began looking at the wine making process, starting with the grapes. While the grapes certainly are the most important ingredient in wine making, there is another very important ingredient - yeast. So, let’s take a look at the fermentati...
Wine’s flavors come from the grapes, the fermentation process, and through aging. Last time we looked at the grapes that are the primary player in a wine’s flavor. So, let’s now explore how the fermentation process adds flavors to wine. The only oth...
One of the terms that gets thrown around in the wine world is ‘Residual Sugar.’ But it’s not something you are going to read about on a wine’s label. So, what is it and why should you care? Let’s take a quick step back and review the basics of the w...