Part of the traditional process of red winemaking involves a maceration step, allowing the skins and seeds of the grapes to “steep” together for a certain period of time in order to extract the desired compounds that make up a…
The holiday season is upon us–regardless of which holiday you celebrate, there is so much for which to be thankful. Over the next few weeks, there will likely be lots of wine in fancy crystal wine glasses, delicious food, as…
“Wine Technology of the Future” is a series on The Academic Wino that features new inventions and patents that attempt to make your wine experience easier and more enjoyable. Previously on this series, we’ve introduced the “self-aerating wine bottle”; the…
Many of those in Australia, parts of California, and other regions of the world that experience wildfires, grapes that are exposed to the smoke of these fires often possess what’s referred to as “smoke taint”: a highly undesirable smoky, ashy,…