Temperatures reached into the mid-90s in Los Angeles and Phoenix, and well into the 80s in parts of the South and East Coast, yesterday. Autumn may be here, but summer refuses to go away completely. If you live in one…
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Protect Your Wine from Heat and Sunlight
Tagged with: wine and heat, wine and oxygen, wine and sunlight, wine storage
Posted in In the Cellar, Wine in the Glass
Posted in In the Cellar, Wine in the Glass
You Can Learn a Lot (and Have Fun) With a ‘Vertical Tasting’
“I can’t believe how much she’s grown!” If you’re a parent, think back to when your child was 3 years old… and then 4… and then 5. (You probably don’t have to do much thinking. Chances are you have lots…
5 Tips for Your Tasting Room Visit
Memorial Day weekend is upon us, which means summer is right around the corner. And that means tasting rooms at wineries across the country will be buzzing. If you’re not familiar with the tasting room experience… or even if you…
Tagged with: etiquette, tasting room, tips, wine etiquette, wine tasting, winery visit
Posted in In the Cellar
Posted in In the Cellar
Use of Yeast in Winemaking Is Getting Wild
For many years, a group of California winemakers have been practicing a technique known as “indigenous yeast” fermentation and making consistently excellent wine. Why, all of a sudden, has this technique become a buzzword in the wine press and why…
Tagged with: Alan Tenscher, California, Franciscan Vineyards, natuiral winemaking, winemaking, yeast
Posted in In the Cellar
Posted in In the Cellar
