Traditionally, the yeast strain most commonly used in winemaking is Saccharomyces cerevisiae. However, with more and more desire to create a truly unique wine and to also keep up with the changing market (and changing climate), winemakers are looking for…
There’s no way one single person (even if that person is The Academic Wino!) can possibly review every single piece of peer reviewed literature related to wine that is published every day. This new series presents a few new papers…
Modern winemaking has discovered many different techniques and technologies to improve upon the quality of wine. One example is the use of micro-oxygenation during the red winemaking process. Simply put, micro-oxygenation of red wine allows a wine to be released…
Malolactic fermentation is a common process that occurs after primary alcoholic fermentation is complete. Occurring in most red wines and some white wines (including Chardonnay and sparkling wines), it functions to reduce the acidity of the wine by converting L-malic…