Halbardier’s Tahoe Ridge Winery, located on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, now produces 13 varietals and 150,000 bottles of wine a year. But starting up the winery, which sits at 4,700 feet and can see temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees in winter, was arduous. He decided to grow grapes on a whim after [...]
The sizes and styles of wine bottle cooler that are made is tremendous. An individual will find coolers that are very small and will only hold a few bottles of wine. Or, one may see huge coolers that are slightly smaller than a wine cellar. Deciding what size and style of cooler will be most [...]
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Consumers have many choices of Wine Rack Cabinets when it comes to storing wine today. Everyone from the casual enthusiast to the wine connoisseur can use a beautiful and functional way to store those special bottles. Choosing the right Wine Rack Cabinet for your needs and style is easy with a little research. First, think [...]
What on earth do you need a wine bottle refrigerator for? There you go. You’ve just posed a modern-day question which can be answered by proven wine-making traditions many centuries old. The most authentic of all family-owned wine cellars have always been underground or at least built below the earth. Stored and cooled in this [...]
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If you’ve decided that home winemaking is for you, you’ll want to know how you can save some money and make the process more efficient. One way to save on costs is to reuse your wine bottles. Although a case of 12 Bordeaux style 750 ml wine bottles is relatively inexpensive at about fifteen dollars, [...]
Many people are under the impression that wine is simply the juice of grapes that has been fermented. They often do not realize that most wine undergoes chemical analysis as well as a variety of tests in order to pour out of the bottle the way the winemaker intended. During the winemaking process, a wine [...]
Every single wine kit that I’ve ever purchased comes with a package of potassium sorbate. The instructions that come with the wine kits tell us to add sorbate at the same time that we are to add potassium metabisulfite. However, many winemakers balk at adding sorbate to their wine and don’t always follow instructions. Why [...]