Wines can be ruined in just one moment: during bottling. After all of the attention in the vineyard, all of the details that go into making the wine… …we can completely ruin the quality with poor bottling practices. While this operation seems somewhat straightforward, and may often become boring, there is an incredible amount of […]
Winery Sanitation
3 Things Every Winemaker can do Now to Improve This Year’s Wine Harvest
Some changes require big investment. But many wine quality improvements come with little adjustments to daily cellar practices. These are three places in the cellar that I consider fundamental to developing quality wine. Without these fundamentals, getting stuck in winemaking routines becomes the norm. Old habits die hard, as they say, and without persistence to […]
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 […]
COVID-19 Mitigation: Bottling Operations
Wine bottling, canning, or packaging can be one operational space that can be difficult for employees to maintain a 6-foot distance from one another. This is due to the assembly line format that is often set up during packaging operations. Below, we’ll explore some options available to wineries to better adapt bottling and packaging operations […]
COVID-19 Mitigation: Start Harvest Preparation Early
For most of my clients, I encourage them to get into a harvest mindset in July. Clients in southern parts of the U.S. often must start thinking about harvest in April and May. But with the advent of COVID-19 causing disruptions to our daily lives and business operations, I would encourage wineries to start planning, […]
COVID-19 Mitigation Prep in the Winery: Summary of Guidance for Food Production Establishments
COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies in Wineries Over the next several weeks, I’m going to address specific examples of essential operations in the winery production space of how one can operate under COVID-19 restrictions and better prepare for the harvest season using recommended mitigation practices. I will approach this by covering a topic, and then allowing you […]
