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Oct 22 2020

As MLF Bubbles Away…

Did you know? All of the resources listed in today’s post on malolactic fermentation (MLF) are now available to individuals that become a DGW Insider. DGW Insiders receive exclusive access to almost all of the content available on dgwinemaking.com: Articles, Cellar Tools, Webinars, and more! Click here to learn more about becoming a DGW Insider […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Cellar Tools, Darn Good Winemakers, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Malolactic Fermentation, MLF

Aug 27 2020

Yeast Strain Selection vs. Yeast Nutrition

As a consulting winemaker, I have made the general observation that winemakers tend to take a lot of time in selecting yeast strains to ferment grapes. Many spend significant time deciding if the marketing terms related to wine descriptors they expect to arise by the end of primary fermentation are what they desire in their […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Cellar Tools, Darn Good Winemakers, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Fermentation, Harvest, YAN

Jul 30 2020

Four Virtual Winemaking Lessons You’ll Want Before Harvest!

For many of us, harvest is at the edge of beginning. As I am a firm believer in preparing for a successful harvest, I want to review a few tools available through dgwinemaking.com as à la carte purchases. Details for purchasing these lessons is at the bottom of this post. Creative Wine Styles for Hybrid […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Darn Good Winemakers, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Darn Good Winemakers, Fermentation, Harvest, Hybrid, Wine Education, Wine Flaws, Winery Sanitation

Feb 27 2020

What’s in that wine? Taking a closer look at wine protein stability.

Wine contains a number of soluble proteins that are derived from grapes. In fact, several processes that enhance skin exposure or extraction time during harvest and fermentation can increase protein concentrations of wine. This includes basic harvest operations like mechanical harvesting, crush and destemming (as opposed to whole cluster pressing), and maintaining late press fractions. […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Darn Good Winemakers, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Protein Stability

Jan 16 2020

Time to Get ‘Darn Good’ at Making Wine!

“Can I cold stabilize my wines outside?” “I apply a nitrogen blanket to my wines. How long can I leave this inert gas blanket on the wine before I need to apply nitrogen again?” “Which bentonite is best for protein stability?” “I cold stabilized my wines, but after blending and bottling, tartrates formed in the […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Darn Good Winemakers, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Darn Good Winemakers, Wine Education

Nov 28 2019

Cold Stability is More Than Taking Advantage of Cold Winter Temperatures

One of my favorite movie scenes about “wine diamonds” was in Amy Poehler’s recent movie release, “Wine Country.” (Note: this trailer is probably not appropriate for your little ones!) I believe the group was at Baldacci Family Vineyards (though they used an alternative name in the movie) when one of the tasting room employees was […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Darn Good Winemakers, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Acidity, Cold Stability, pH

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