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Cold Stability

Feb 13 2025

Cold Stability Explained

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t think there is any way to “sell” wine diamonds to the average wine consumer. I’ve heard so many explanations for why they exist in a wine bottle: At the end of all the explanations, and sometimes we need those excuses because physical chemistry is hard, the […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Cellar Tools, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Cold Stability, Protein Stability, Wine Consulting, Wine Education, Wine Style

Feb 15 2024

Are You Stabilizing and Preparing Wines for Bottle Properly?

While many winemakers tend to focus heavily on operations and timeliness during harvest, the reality is that post-fermentation processes tend to require a better understanding by many winemakers.  Failing to recognize when an operational step is required can be heavily detrimental to wine quality and extend resources of winery employees that are unnecessary. For example, […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Cellar Tools, Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Bottling, Cold Stability, Filtration, Protein Stability, Wine Analysis, Wine Consulting

May 13 2021

Getting Stabilization and Bottling to Work for You!

Another quarterly update here! This past quarter, the biggest struggle I have seen among wineries is getting wine stabilization order or winemaking techniques correct, as well as general bottling order. Winemakers that wear multiple hats at a winery (think: needing to prune vines while also stabilizing those past vintage wines left in the cellar) often […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Bottling, Cold Stability, Protein Stability

Feb 11 2021

Wine Stabilization and Pre-Bottling Secrets for Success

I have come to find that most winemakers struggle with operations that occur before bottling or packaging. This includes operations after malolactic fermentation is complete, while the wine is in storage, blending, stabilization, filtration, and bottling itself. Many may wonder what the “best” order is to complete various operations, or even find themselves asking how […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Bottling, Cold Stability, Protein Stability, Wine Consulting

Dec 17 2020

Real Winemaking Questions, Answered!

Successfully Conquer Cold Stability, Films, Protein Stability, & More! Like a winemaking card catalog, I siphon through all of the information that is out there, selecting the tool that is going to most benefit your operation and provide you with an immediate answer.” — Denise M. Gardner I wanted to take some time to introduce […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Cold Stability, Protein Stability, Wine Consulting

Apr 23 2020

2020 Quarter One Winemaking Updates

Authors Note: This blog post and vlog were created prior to the U.S. outbreak of COVID-19. The material covered here is based on observations, projects, and interactions with wineries prior to the various state orders to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. For more information pertaining strictly to COVID-19, please see past blog posts. Hello! Welcome […]

Written by Denise Gardner · Categorized: Winemakers' Blog · Tagged: Acidity, Cold Stability, High pH, Hydrogen Sulfide, pH, Protein Stability, Wine Faults, Wine Flaws

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