The use of sulfites in winemaking, while extremely common, has come under scrutiny in recent years for a variety of reasons (sometimes legitimate and sometimes ridiculous), and alternatives to the practice have been and are currently under study all over…
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Applying Oak Extract to Petit Verdot Vines: Making Oaked Wines Without Oak Barrels?
Who’s Your Daddy: Petit Verdot
Quite often in the tasting room, someone tells me; “I’ve never heard of Petit Verdot! Is that a new grape?” What they don’t realize is that Petit Verdot is actually a very old grape, and is planted throughout many regions of the…