As many, if not all, of you reading this blog already know, the use of oak in winemaking is a very common practice for adding complexity and quality to a wine. Using oak is typically more expensive than using stainless…
Recycling or reusing grape pomace (a.k.a. grape marc) is a topic that we’ve discussed many times on The Academic Wino. Back in September of last year, I introduced a paper which should that the addition of grape marc to wines…
by Becca • • Comments Off on Book Review: Rock and Vine: Next Generation Changemakers in America’s Wine Country
It is well known throughout the wine world the names of the Godfathers of American wine and those that helped establish, grow, and immortalize American wine throughout history. Well, what about now? To whom have our wine forefathers/mothers passed the…
by Becca • • Comments Off on Wine Literature Review Lightning Round: 2nd Edition
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 series presents multiple new papers (within the…