For those wine regions in the southernmost states, harvest prep may have already started in May, as harvest season may be in full swing early July. However, for many wine regions in the U.S., the months of June and July mark the beginning of harvest preparation in the winery cellar and production space. While it […]
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Did You Miss the Wine Bottling Webinars?
Don’t worry! You can now access the “Everything You Wanted to Know About Wine Bottling” recorded webinars and watch in your own time from anywhere. This recorded webinar series can be purchased, here. Or, you can go to the ‘Webinars’ drop down menu from the home screen. With so much that can go wrong during […]
Last Call! Everything You Wanted to Know About Bottling
But Were Afraid to Ask Webinar Series It’s now last call for our “Everything You Wanted to Know About Wine Bottling, but Were Afraid to Ask” three-part LIVE webinar series registration. Considering bottle problems are ubiquitous regardless of winery size or the way wines are bottled, there will be something for everyone in this series. […]
Four Steps Wineries Forget Before Bottling
While you may be contemplating registering for our “Everything You Wanted to Know About Bottling, But Were Afraid to Ask” webinar series, I wanted to share a few things I’ve observed wineries forgetting prior to putting a wine in bottle. These are four pre-bottling steps can make the difference between bottled wine safely delivered to […]
Bottling Wine: What Can Go Wrong?
Bottling season is intense. There are a lot of steps involved for each wine destined for packaging. Now is definitely not the time to cut corners. It’s tedious for a winery of any size, time-consuming, and can be downright boring. But that’s no reason to give into complacency in the cellar. In fact, previous research […]
Don’t Forget! “Creatively Perfecting Wines in Challenging Vintage Years” Webinar on March 26th
Early in March, I presented options for how to use wines produced from disease-heavy fruit at the annual Grape Expectations conference in New Jersey. However, given many winemakers could not attend this conference, I’m going to review some of these core concepts in the March Darn Good Winemakers session. If you need help getting something […]
