To pick a bottle of wine can often feel like roulette, especially when wine terms like “malolactic fermentation” and “carbonic maceration” are involved. However, if you understand a few key ...

Just how does grape juice become wine anyway? In today's edition of Ask The Expert we examine the core process behind the transformation of grapes into the product we love so much - wine! For our ...

In winemaking, grape juice is turned to wine during the fermentation process by the action of a number of essential beneficial microorganisms -- namely, bacteria. Sometimes, though, harmful bacteria ...

What does whole cluster (or whole berry) fermentation mean in winemaking? There really isn’t anything new about whole cluster fermentation –it is a technique that has been around for centuries (indeed ...

Pét-nats have been popping up on wine lists across the city. Simple, fizzy, fresh, these crown-capped sparkling wines are alive. Though pét-nat wine originated in southwestern France, winemakers in ...