Wine Tonite!

Long considered the blue-collar workhorse of the winemaking process, operating sub rosa, yeasts have recently taken center stage in many conversations about wine and the desire to emphasize the expression of vineyard apart from human and technological influence. At the essence of the debate is the decision to inoculate with commercial yeast or to allow [...]

Depending on how deep your passion is into the world of wine, you may find yourself yearning for further understanding of how wine is transformed from clusters of fruit in a vineyard to a bottle of yummy goodness.  Or not.  As somewhat of a science nerd, you’ve probably read some of my posts about making [...]

Are you one of those winos who love to collect the corks?  Maybe you fill up a glass bowl or a basket and display them like art in your wine cellar… GAC (Guilty as Charged), or maybe you glue them to a board and hang them on the wall or use them as potholders.  Yeah, [...]