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” […]
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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 […]
Want to become a Darn Good Winemaker?
Have you ever wanted to ask a wine question and just know where the answer is without spending hours filtering through Google? Our winemaking lives are FILLED with questions: How much sulfur dioxide should I add at crush? How do I make a sulfur dioxide addition? What are the advantages to native/spontaneous fermentations? What’s this […]
DGW Traveling to 2018 VinCO: Sparkling Wine, Sanitation, and Hard Cider
In mid-January, I’ll be making my first trip to the Colorado Association of Viticulture and Enology, CAVE, association’s annual VinCO conference held in Grand Junction, Colorado. With a focus on enology and viticulture education, VinCO is one of two large events hosted by CAVE. There is a great line up of topics covered at the […]
