The Art of Wine Making Series

The Art of Wine Making: Determining Which Grapes Will Grow Best Feb 28, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Knowing How to Prune Dormant Grapevines to Ensure Proper Growth Mar 8, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Grape Vine Canopy Management Mar 15, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Removing Clusters Before They Ripen Mar 22, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing the Right Time to Harvest Grapes Mar 29, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: De-Stemming the Grapes versus Using the Whole-Clusters Apr 5, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Deciding How to Press the Wine Grapes Apr 12, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Deciding When and How to Macerate the Grapes Apr 19, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Picking the Right Yeast for Fermentation Apr 26, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing the Right Vessel for Wine Fermentation. May 3, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Selecting the Right Temperature for Fermentation. May 10, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing the Duration for Fermentation. May 17, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing Malolactic Conversion or Not for the Wine. May 24, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing to Do Punchdowns and Pumpovers. May 31, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing to Allow a Wine to Age On-Lees. Jun 7, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Knowing When to Top Off Oak Wine Barrels. Jun 14, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing Whether or Not to Filter a Wine. Jun 21, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Making Decisions on Blending Wines. June 28, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choice of Oak Barrels for Wine Aging Jul 5, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Choosing Aging Vessels Other Than Oak Barrels Jul 12, 2025
The Art of Wine Making: Determining How Long to Age the Wine Jul 19, 2025

The Basics

What Exactly is in Wine?

Making Wine is Hard. Right?

Some of the Factors that Go into the Art of Wine Making

How is Wine Made? Part 1 - Harvesting the Grapes

How is Wine Made? Part 2 - Fermentation

How is Wine Made? Part 3 - Processing and Aging

In the Vineyard

Ever Wonder What an AVA is?

What is Veraison?

What is the Grape Growing Cycle?

Did You Know that Grapevines are Self-Pollinating?

How Winemakers Know it’s Time for Harvest

The Grapes are Harvested! But How Do They Become Wine?

Fermentation

Fermentation Vessels Can Affect the Flavors of a Wine

Should You be Concerned that Wine Contains Sulfites?

What Makes Some Wines Sweet?

Ever Wonder how Temperature Affects Wine Fermentation?

Why Do Some Winemakers Co-Ferment Syrah and Viognier?

Why Do Winemakers Blend Viognier with Tannat?

Oak, Barrels and Aging

What the Difference Between a New Oak Barrel and a Neutral Oak Barrel?

Do Some Oak Barrels get Charred or Toasted?

Your Oaked Wine May Have Never Been in an Oak Barrel!

Did You Know that Oak Flavor in Wine Can Come from Chips, Staves and Powder?

Why Some Wines are Made in Concrete Tanks

How Amphora is Used in the Making of Wine

What Makes a Wine Age-Worthy?

How a Wine’s Structure and it’s Balance Affect its Ability to Age Well

Finishing the Wine

What are Lees in Winemaking?

What is Batonnage?

What is the Fining Process?

Ever Wonder What “Unfined” Means on a Wine Label?

Tannin Management in Winemaking is an Important Factor in Producing a Balanced Wine

Color and Style

Where Does the Color of a Wine Come From?

Ever Wonder Why the Color of Red Wines Can Differ?

Did You Know that White Wine Can Be Made with Red Wine Grapes?

How is Rosé Made?

How Does Orange Wine Get Its Color?

What is Orange Wine?

Natural, Organic and Sustainable

What is an Organic Wine versus a Wine Made from Organic Grapes?

What are Natural, Bio-Dynamic and Sustainably Produced Wines?

Ever Wonder Why Most Wine is not Vegan?

Noble Rot in Wine is a Good Thing!

Curiosities and Fun Facts

Lady Bug Taint in Wine? Yes - It's a Real Thing!

The Solera System of Winemaking

Some Key Terms in the Production of Sparkling Wine

Factors that Affect How a Wine Tastes

Vintage Dated Wines from the Southern Hemisphere are Actually Older than those from the Northern Hemisphere!