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Winemaking
Wine’s flavors come from the grapes, the fermentation process, and through aging. Last time we looked at the grapes that are the primary player in a wine’s flavor. So, let’s now explore how the fermentation process adds flavors to wine. The only oth...
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Behind the Cork™ Reviews
In a recent Behind the Cork™ - Wine of the Week I reviewed Godelia’s White blend of Godello & Doña Blanco. I had to admit that I needed to do some research on these grape varieties. Here again, I need to do some homework. The Mencia (men-thee-ah) gr...
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Winemaking
So far, we’ve learned that wine gets it flavor from three things - the grapes, fermentation and aging. Last time we looked at the fermentation process and how the yeast can affect flavor. But before we move on to flavors associated with aging, let’s ...
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Behind the Cork™ Reviews
I was well aware of the excellent red wines being produced by Daou in Paso Robles, but was extremely surprised by their Chardonnay. This wine seems to fall somewhere in between a bright, crisp, fruity Chardonnay that would come from stainless steel t...
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Winemaking
The flavors in wine come from three things - the grapes, fermentation and aging. We’ve explored the flavors from the juice of the grape, the flavors from the grape skins, seeds and stems and we’ve seen that the yeast can affect flavors during ferment...
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Behind the Cork™ Reviews
This Elevation 1250’ is a nice blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah from Paso Robles. And, as with all Behind the Cork™ - Wine of the Week features, it’s a great value. I must admit this is a unique find at Trader Joe’s, and when I went on-line to learn...
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Winemaking
We’ve been exploring where wine gets it flavor from starting with the star of show, the juice of the grapes, then learning how the grape skins, seeds and stems can affect the finished flavor and we also looked at how the fermentation process can affe...
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