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The process of making wine.
Examples of winemaking in a Sentence
There is a large variety of fruits, and the cultivation of grapes for winemaking is developing into a profitable industry.
Penn Yan is an important shipping point in the apple and grape-growing region of central New York, and winemaking is an important industry.
Most winemaking in Italy is done in modern wineries.
Winemaking is highly regulated and only wineries in specifically outlined regions are allowed to label their wine with that particular appellation.
During the winemaking process, a variety of chemicals and sulfites are added to the fermenting wine to adjust and preserve the flavor.
During the winemaking process, no chemicals or sulfites can be added to the wine.
With some of the finest white Burgundies or Chardonnay wines around the world, Corton-Charlemagne has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in winemaking.
With more than 30 years experience in viticulture and winmaking, Cabral is a fourth-generation California grape grower who studied winemaking at Fresno State University.
If you have never tried wines from Oregon, then you are missing some powerful, flavorful wines coming from one of America's premier viticulture and winemaking states.
This method is never used in European winemaking, and traditionally used in inexpensive, low-quality sparkling wines.
If you ever compare a bottle of wines made in this method to the other methods of sparkling winemaking, you will notice a difference in the quality, refinement, and character of the bubbles.
Though other winemaking regions are legally not allowed to call their wines Champagne, many other areas of the world make tremendous sparkling wines worthy of the Champagne designation.
This region sits on the German border and shares a common winemaking tradition with its neighboring country.
Alsace is known for its acidic, spicy whites with flavors of apples and citrus, made from traditional German winemaking grapes.
Winemakers at the Hayman & Hill winery in Sonoma County infuse their passion for winemaking into all of their product offerings, and this Cabernet Franc is no exception.
What kind of oak was used in the process of the winemaking?
A second seminar highlighted the winemaking and viticulture techniques at Hirsch Vineyard.
Rioja has been the vanguard region of Spanish winemaking for well over a century.
However, this conception may be fueled by Bordeaux's historical winegrowing and winemaking influences rather than the results.
Home Brewit is another good resource for winemaking kits wine brewing related and supplies of all sorts.
For many who try the kits, it is just a beginning, and home winemaking becomes a lifelong enjoyable hobby.
Of those, more than half are less than 20 years old, demonstrating the boom in winemaking in the past two decades.
A Sierra Mountain native, Scott learned winemaking at Montevina, crafted wines at Santino, got everyone's attention at Renwood and then was the head wine-jester at Folie a Deux Winery.
HomeBrew Wine - includes answers to your winemaking questions, equipment information, wine kits, and instructions for red wine and white wine making.
Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies - offers an extensive line of equipment and kits for your wine making needs.
A free instructional winemaking DVD is included with your purchase.
The French wine-growing and winemaking rules and regulations are not only strict, but very detailed as well.
If too much oak is used in the winemaking process, the crisp fruit and bright flavors are masked and the wines start tasting more like Chardonnays than Sauvignon Blancs.
It's step number one in grape-to-glass as far as the winemaking cycle goes.
It's the nature of the beast and just a part of the winemaking process.
While not all wines produced outside of Europe follow EU guidelines in winemaking, any winemaker outside of Europe who labels a wine with a Brut designation must conform to EU guidelines.
There's also Temecula in Southern California that has a long history of winemaking but it's off the beaten track and doesn't have the magnetic appeal like Napa does or even Monterey.
The magazine subscription price of around $25 USD per year is small compared to the vast amounts of helpful hints, tips and information it offers about home winemaking.
Santa Barbara County has a history of winemaking and winegrape growing stretching back more than 200 years to before California was a state (Father Junipero Serra brought grapevine cuttings from Mexico in 1782 to be planted).
In addition to growing grapes on his 67 acres of land, he also began buying other types of grapes grown in the area so that he could diversify his winemaking business.
The Canandaigua Wine Company closed its Hammondsport wine making facilities in 1995, however, the family wasn't out of the winemaking business yet.
Some home winemakers jump into winemaking by purchasing all the equipment, supplies and fresh fruit needed.
If you've never seen a winery or understand the process of winemaking from grape to glass, take a tour of the winery, you will learn a lot and your wine-tasting experience will be that much more enjoyable.
Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée - Wines that have the highest rating and bear labels with information on where the wine was produced, the grape variety and the winemaking method used.
James Gosper knows Australian winemaking.
To add to his Australian winemaking knowledge base, he also spent time the Hunter Valley as well as Tasmania.
The winemaking has become secondary to the grape growing.
The latest generation of winemakers has moved to match the winemaking techniques to suit the regions as well as the varieties.
It must also be noted that Australia has been responsible for many winemaking technologies and developments which revolutionized the industry globally.
Also included in a membership is a newsletter detailing winemakers, California winemaking regions and food pairing suggestions.
Many wines combine value, terrific fruit, and expert winemaking, making them not merely drinkable, but delicious.
Part of the winemaking process involves keeping the wine in either oak casks or stainless steel tanks.
During the winemaking process, vintners leave the juice of the grape in contact with the skin after the crush in order to build color and flavor.
Another wine from the Piedmont region, Barbera (pronounced bar-BEAR-a) wines from the Barbera grape are one of Italy's most popular winemaking grapes.
The Artisan Collection wines are small production, often single vineyard wines that showcase the talents of our winemaking team as well as the diversity of the Napa Valley appellations.