Whether you had the harvest season you’ve always waited for, or you’re just now stabilizing those wines from an unideal vintage, maintaining post-harvest momentum is a challenging thing. The crunch time of harvest is draining: physically tiring and emotionally taxing. If you didn’t take good notes through the harvest season, it can be difficult to […]
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“Oh, No! Wine Flaws” Online Class Registration Now Open…
Are you nervous to let other people taste your wine? In fact, are you regularly getting expert wine tasters to evaluate your wine? Having trained professionals that can identify wine flaws before the wine reaches a consumer can be an advantageous quality control strategy for wine brands. No human is perfect in our ability to […]
“Winery Sanitation Steps that Work” Webinar is Coming Up!
Do you know wine microflora that can lead to wine spoilage? (Are you currently contemplating what the word “microflora” means?) Do you currently feel like cellar sanitation takes too much time? Or that it’s not worth it because – well, you’re making wine? Then the next Darn Good Winemaker webinar, “Winery Sanitation Steps that Work” […]
Nebraska’s Wine Industry: Creativity, Back to Basics, and Hospitality
Last month, I had the pleasure of visiting with members of the Nebraska wine industry. Their 2018 Vindemia Nebraska conference met at the beautiful Lied Lodge on the historical Arbor Day Farm property in Nebraska City. While our surroundings were supplemented with lovely fall foliage, history, and a warming, monumental fire place, the focus of […]
Winery Sanitation Steps that Work Webinar Registration Now Open…
Become a Darn Good Winemaker Do you know why keeping the cellar environment is so important to wine quality? Have you considered how things like air flow and dust can potentially cause problems with your wine? Let’s face it, talking about cleaning and sanitation is not the sexiest winemaking topic out there. But it is […]
Demystifying Sulfur Dioxide Webinar Registration Now Open…
Become a Darn Good Winemaker Ohhh sulfur dioxide… how you’ve been puzzling the minds of winemakers for centuries. Generally, must winemakers know that sulfur dioxide is needed for wine preservation, but how to apply it and how much to add to wine is a continuous guessing game. Sometimes we think we add enough, only to […]
