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  What is Carbonic Maceration? The short answer: put whole clusters of intact grapes into a vessel remove the oxygen from the vessel fermentation happens INSIDE the berries when alcohol reaches a high enough level inside the berries, they explode releasing more Carbon Dioxide gas the weight from the whole clusters on the top press the grapes beneath releasing juice the grapes are pressed off the skins the native yeasts carry out the rest of the fermentation What does carbonic maceration taste like? It creates a light-bodied red wine with fruity aromas and flavors of banana, bubblegum, kirsch, or sometimes...

  It's not 100% scientific, so some people are not down with it. But hey, a lot of shit with wine isn't exactly "scientific."   "Haters gonna hate, ain'ters gonna ain't" -Dave Skylark, The Interview   Biodynamic Agriculture was created in 1924 by Austrian philosopher and scientist, Rudolph Steiner. It's a holistic and ecological approach to polyculture, food, and nutrition. While this seems logical to many, it receives some criticism because there is some hippy stuff involved. For example, the requirement to bury a cow horn stuffed with ground quartz, which are said to harvest "cosmic forces in the soil"....

What is the truth about sulfites and wine? Does natural wine have sulfites? Why do they add sulfites to wine? How do low-intervention winemakers use sulfites? Dive in and find out!

Learn about sparkling wine with us! In this article, we discuss Pet-Nat, Champagne, and Prosecco. We write about the difference between the 3, and why some tend to be more expensive and some tend to be more affordable. When it comes to sparkling wine, the winemaking can be confusing so we explain 3 of the main techniques of production.