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In this podcast you’ll discover why it is so important to take a systematic approach to evaluating your own wines. This is, I believe, an essential part of learning to make a better bottle of wine. Whether you’re an amateur winemaker or professional you will benefit from this as will your wines.
Here are just a few of the different systems used by wine professionals to evaluate wines. Continue reading “Evaluating Your Own Wines – WMA026”
Recently a Winemaker’s Academy member shared this amazing system, that he developed, for controlling the temperature of a wine fermentation. In this post Kurt shares all of the equipment necessary to build this system.
The original email included links to equipment available on eBay, however, given the frequency at which items turn over on that site maintaining those links proved to be too difficult. So you’ll have to do some hunting for these components but they should be easy enough to find given the amount of information Kurt has provided.
And now for Kurt’s Temperature Control System: Continue reading “Kurt’s Fermentation Temperature Control System”
Paul Bonacquisti, formerly a radio DJ, made the jump from a hobby wine maker to a professional winemaker when he opened Bonacquisti Wine Company, a very popular Colorado winery. Paul joins Matt on the podcast to share his story of how he became a professional wine maker as well as advice on how others can do the same.
We also talk about synthetic closures, selling wine in growlers, and even kegging wine. This was a really fun interview to record and there’s also a lot to learn.
If you’re interested in learning more about Paul and to see what he’s up to check out his website: Bonacquisti Wine Company
So you’ve made a wine kit and it turned out all right but maybe it needs a bit more sugar to suit your palate. Recently Sam wrote in with this exact dilemma. He had made a wine kit per the instructions and everything turned out as it should have but the wine just wasn’t sweet enough for him and his wife.
Sparkling wines are an amazing product of fermentation. They must be made with utmost care not only for the sake of the wine but also for the well-being of the wine maker.
Taking a still wine in the bottle and then adding sugar, then yeast, and then capping can lead to some significant pressures building up in those glass bottles. Pressurized glass is a recipe for danger if you don’t have the hang of how sparkling winemaking is done.
This podcast episode will show you how sparkling wines are made and we’ll also discuss how to stay safe should you decide to give it a try. Continue reading “How Sparkling Wine is Made – WMA024”