Hello readers! I am currently on my maternity leave spending some quality time (and little sleep) with my brand new son! Enjoy this guest post from today’s featured author! The following is a guest post by Kara Sweet. Kara…
The “Who’s Your Daddy” series takes a very brief look at the parentage of grapes, in order to get a better understanding of where particular varietals come from and how they are genetically related to one another. So far, we’ve…
There are many compounds in wine that contribute to the aroma and flavor of each, though only a small fraction of those have high enough concentrations to actually have distinctive aromatic characteristics from just one individual compound. Most aromatic qualities…
Fungal infections in grapes, be it Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium spp., powdery mildew, or any other rot, is a frequent headache for vineyards, and are infections that threaten the quality of the grapes when picked at harvest, resulting in a lot…