This article is sponsored by Scott Laboratories. For more information on product offerings, please contact Scott Labs at 800-821-7254 or visit Scott Laboratories. ‘This wine smells a bit like rotten eggs to me,” said...
The newly released 2014 Scott Laboratories Fermentation Handbook features a new wine yeast- Lavlin C- that is formulated specifically for cool climate hybrid grapes. The new Lavlin C yeast has a high-capacity to convert Malic...
This article is sponsored by Scott Laboratories. For more information on their tartrate stability product offerings, please contact Scott Labs at 800-821-7254 or send an email to info@scottlab.com. Sweet and off-dry wines are popular products...
By Stephanie Groves, Midwest Grape and Wine Industry Institute, Iowa State University This article originally appeared in the February 2014 issue of Northern Grapes News, a publication of the Northern Grapes Project. Tannins are important...
Equipped with a microphone and the sartorial elegance of his Hawaiian style shirt, Michael Jones opened this talk confessing he wouldn’t be using a Powerpoint presentation. The veteran winemaker and fermentation specialist with California based...
Winemaking begins in the vineyard, and so does nitrogen. Nitrogen is one of the most common elements in the universe. On Earth, in its elemental form, it exists as a gas that forms 80%...
This article is sponsored by VESTA, the Viticulture and Enology Science and Technology Alliance, a NSF funded partnership between the Missouri State University system, two year schools throughout America, state agriculture agencies, vineyards and wineries with...
Recently, my family had the privilege of receiving a behind-the scenes tour of the Peninsula Winery/Distillery located just north of Sturgeon Bay in Door County. Our tour guide was Paul Santoriello, the chief winemaker. Paul is a...
Wine, all on its own, is a fairly good antiseptic. The tartaric acid in wines made from grapes is a relatively strong organic acid that helps keep the pH of the wines low, which...
This article is sponsored by Scott Laboratories. For more information on their product offerings, please contact Scott Labs at 800-821-7254 or send an email to info@scottlab.com My first year of wine consulting in the Midwest also happened to...