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I purchased a couple hundred lbs of Grenache grapes a little over a week ago, and have been punching down for about a week. When I read about Grenache, the article said “malolactic is usually not done on Grenache”. Uh, maybe they were thinking a cool weather Rose? Seems most people are using...

I did my first tannin addition to a LOVZ kit a couple years ago in an effort to reduce the slight candy flavored I can taste in all red kits. Tasted fine when I mixed the enology all tannins in, but was lousy a year later. At 2 years it is just Showing signs of turning around, and I believe it...

The best wine I've made to date was from some inexpensive Chardonnay juice from Lodi, CA. I had to adjust it a lot to get it balanced. I oaked it in Hungarian medium toast and did my first malolactic fermentation. The results two years later get better reviews from my wine snob friends than any...