Wine has been made by humans for about 7,000 years, and experts agree that until quite recently it may not have tasted very good. For millennia wine has been the ultimate expression of agriculture, ...

Recently, a friend asked me to help her find a wine similar to one she drinks at her favorite restaurant. As always, I start by asking, "tell me what you like about the wine." She began by saying it ...

The techniques used to produce a wine is made can offer enormous insight into its taste. Key terms like “whole cluster,” “carbonic maceration,” and “barrel aging” can inform you about a bottle’s ...

Next time you sip on a buttery Chardonnay, thank malolactic fermentation. As unglamorous as it sounds, this is an important, months-long component for many winemakers. A type of fermentation that can ...

Wine is made when the natural sugars in grapes are converted, through a primary fermentation, to alcohol and carbon dioxide. But there is another fermentation, unknown to many wine drinkers but vital ...

All fermentation, for wine or beer, is the process of changing sugar into alcohol (technically ethanol or ethyl alcohol) and, as a by-product, carbon dioxide. The process has been going on for ...

Here are the panel picks from the 29 California Chardonnays from 2000, 2001 and 2002 tasted for today.. Comments: Faint apple aroma with toast, mango, tropical fruit and a hint of asparagus; tart ...

Recently, a friend asked me to help her find a wine similar to one she drinks at her favorite restaurant. As always, I start by asking, "tell me what you like about the wine." She began by saying it ...