Washing grapes: Franciacorta producer Ca’Del Bosco’s berry spa
Grapes come into the winery from the vineyard and are crushed, pressed or fermented just as they arrive: with dust
Read moreGrapes come into the winery from the vineyard and are crushed, pressed or fermented just as they arrive: with dust
Read moreA quick primer on one of the major viticultural challenges worldwide. 1 Trunk diseases are a major problem worldwide. Famed
Read moreThe vast majority of rosé Champagne made by blending still red wines with white wines to make a pink base
Read moreJuice stabulation is a newly famous winemaking technique. It was first used by winemakers in Gascony a couple of decades
Read moreWith the expansion of the UK’s wine industry, Plumpton College in Sussex has emerged as an internationally relevant centre for
Read moreWhat is flor? It’s something that grows on the surface of wine: a film of yeasts. And it alters the
Read moreIt’s Sauvignon Blanc day! Here’s a nice infographic from the Bragato Research Institute on the chemistry of Sauvignon Blanc: [Just
Read moreMouse taint (mousiness) is a wine fault that I’d not experienced until a few years ago. Now it seems to
Read moreThere are faults you read about but you’ve never experienced. Here I experience ropiness for the first time, in a
Read moreIn viticulture, a widely practiced form of leaf removal is hedging of the canopies, taking off the developing shoots at
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