New World winemakers, wanting to preserve acidity (and freshness) may elect not to put the wine through malolactic fermentation (in which malic acid, from the Latin for apple, is converted to the softer lactic acid, as found in milk) – a process which reduces the overall acidity in wine...
There are several decisions made by vintners during the wine making process that can substantially impact the taste of the Chardonnay. One is the amount of oak involved in the process. Oak chips can be used during fermentation, or the wine can be aged in oak barrels. Another significant choic...
The article informs about chardonnay wine. The author tells that in making process of chardonnay has changed a lot during the past decade. It has been stated that wooded and unwooded are two varities of this wine. The author tells that chardonnay is more better with food. He tells that lig...
I got my start in wine with Chardonnay, a million years or so ago in 1997, helping out with the harvest at a winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The winery's Chardonnay was emblematic of the era: ripe with apricot and tropical fruit notes, fermented and aged in new oak, buttery and ...
I first became familiar with the Ron Rubin Winery during the pandemic (Seestoryfrom June 2020) as I sipped and savored his wine in my local park. I was impressed with the wines and enjoyed getting to know his story, as he pursued his lifelong dream of making wine. ...
He enjoys making wine in the Dunnigan Hills, he says, because “there’s no else around, so we have to generate our own discoveries.” Blake appreciates the opportunity to work with both the warm-climate grapes of the Dunnigan Hills and the cool-region fruit Toasted Head sources from ...
This is partially due to winemaking choices, like letting the wine go through malolactic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation (or MLF) is the process in which malic acid gets converted into a softer lactic acid. This transformation imparts the buttery notes that are associated with some styles ...
With that said Herzog Winery continues to win as the top Mevushal wine option every year. They also do very well with the QPR (Quality to Price Ratio) Wines. I expect them to be on those lists every year, Herzog Wine Cellars excel at the Mevushal Process and they excel at making qu...
When we hear about the “Anything But Chardonnay” (ABC) crowd, we can’t help but wonder why—with so many different styles and expressions depending on where the grapes are grown and how the wine is produced, we’re confident that there’s a Chardonnay to please every palate. ...
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