Perfecting the 2024 Vintage: Best Practices for Extraction and Sunburn Recovery

The 2024 wine grape harvest began on time in August, with Napa and Dry Creek Valleys starting in the first week and Livermore's white grape harvest beginning mid-month, two weeks earlier than last read more

The Impact of Rising Temperatures on Grapes and Winemaking: Innovations by BevZero in Alcohol Adjustment

Winemakers can benefit from BevZero’s Alcohol Adjustment service to help with the effects of rising temperatures.As the world grapples with the escalating effects of climate change, few industri read more

Winemaker Spotlight: Cultivating Excellence with Jason Moulton of Whitehall Lane Winery

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Compound Interest: Getting to Grips with Tannins

While it’s widely understood that tannins play a crucial role in the fine wine ageing process, very little is known about how they behave in wine over time. Lucy Shaw speaks to oenologists and M read more

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Oxygen in Wine: Friend or Foe?

Oxygen causes important transformations as early as the moment grapes are harvested, and these changes continue throughout the winemaking process until ageing and bottling.Oxygen is present in about 2 read more

Stabilization of Wines: Tartaric, Protein, Colloidal and Microbiological Stabilization

Brettanomyces yeasts are responsible for contamination of wines, giving them "phenolous" aromas. These aromas manifest themselves through animal odors such as leather, sweat or stable, as well as medi read more

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Innovative Breakthrough: Controlling Color and Phenolics in Winemaking with CloudSpec

Winemakers often use their sense of sight, smell and taste to evaluate wine’s color, flavor and mouthfeel and confirm it with scientific lab data. Unfortunately, cloudy samples can often prevent read more

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I Got Frosted…Now What?

I had an macroeconomics professor preface the start of the semester stating that any question asked in his class was answerable with “it depends”…or “China”. While I don read more

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Revolutionizing Wine: Exploring GreenVenus Novel Grapevine Cultivars

The wine industry has evolved significantly in recent years, driven by shifting consumer preferences and lifestyle choices. Here, I highlight some of the key emerging trends:No Sulfites Added (NSA)/Re read more

Is Protein Stability Wine’s Holy Grail?

During a recent fining trial of a problematic wine that was fermented with a problematic yeast, the conversation briefly touched on protein stability and I started reminiscing about the very first blo read more