I was very excited to crack open American Wine: The Ultimate Companion to the Wines and Wineries of the United States by Jancis Robinson and Linda Murphy, and I have to say that I was not disappointed! To purchase American…
One very important step in the white winemaking process is the removal of proteins that cause a hazy appearance of the wine while in storage. Often, bentonite is used to remove these proteins, as the negatively charge bentonite will attract…
As almost everyone in the wine business knows, Botrytis cinerea is a fungal pathogen that attacks many plants, including grapes, which can cause significant crop and quality losses and ultimately economic losses for wineries and vineyards. Physiologically, B. cinerea excretes…
As many of you may already know, using oak barrels in wine fermentation and aging increases wine aromatic complexity and improves overall quality. The use of oak in wine is and has always been very popular, despite the fact that…