Sweet Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeWhen a winemaker decides to produce a sweet wine, he or she faces a dilemma: sugar is required to make the wine taste sweet, but the sugars in grape juice are converted into alcohol during fermentation. Because of this,
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Rose Wine Basics
Rose Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeThere are three basic methods of rose wine production: limited skin maceration, saignee or “bleeding,” and blending. As we mentioned in our guide on Red Wine Basics, red wine gets all of its color from the time it spends
Red Wine Basics
Red Wine BasicsHow It’s MadeWhen grapes destined to be made into red wine are harvested, they are brought to the winery to be sorted and crushed. The crushed grapes are then placed in a vat to undergo the process of fermentation, where yeast cells c