Winemaking

Without a Proper Marketing Council, These Wineries Have Gotten Creative

Kathleen Willcox - August 16, 2024

There are so many costs that go into a bottle of wine. In addition to the expenses associated with growing grapes, making and packaging the wine, vintners face the cost of ...

IVES Study: Impact of Whole Bunch Vinification on the Abundance of Sweetening Compound Astilbin

Expert Editorial - August 16, 2024

Whole-bunch vinification is a practice that can change the sensory properties of wine. Experimental wines resulting from the addition of stems in varying ...

Credit Where It’s Due: The Unsung Heroes of the Winery

Editor - July 9, 2024

The people winemakers rely on are often performing the most important aspects of production. By Janice Williams When we think about the stars of winemaking, the...

From Where I Stand: Ed Barr Offers an Insider Perspective from a Different Perspective

Editor - June 7, 2024

Wine industry supplier Ed Barr shares his take on today’s wine troubles. Ed Barr, president and CEO of not one, but three, equipment and machinery...

Going Low: Making Lo-Alc Wines Isn’t Always Trendy

Paul Vigna - April 19, 2024

One Ohio winery is making low-alcohol wines as a matter of course. By Paul Vigna You could say winemaker Joe Juniper at Vermillion Valley Vineyards in...

OpEd: They Did It All for the Love of Zin

Randy Caparoso - February 8, 2024

At 2024 ZAP, it became clear that California Zinfandel has finally grown up By Randy Caparoso There is, undoubtedly, no organization that’s done more for a...

Wine’s Most Inspiring People 2024: Sam Parra — Elevating the Latinx Community in Wine

Kathleen Willcox - January 19, 2024

By Kathleen Willcox For decades, the Venn Diagram intersection of the Latinx and the wine communities happened solely in the vineyard. Slowly but surely, that’s...