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There isn’t really much to be said for the production of Marsala wines so this will be a short discussion on the subject. Alternatively, you can learn about wine made in Marsala, Sicily in my post Marsala Wine: Captialism’s Bastard Child. One reason there’s not a big hoopla about it is because it was a [...]
Continuing down the road of fortified wine production I wanted to go over Madeira wine production in this post. You don’t really see much info on Madeira but it is a fine fortified wine when you’re not staring any of the various bottles of cheap cooking wine. If you’d like to read about the various [...]
Cont’d from Port Wine Production Part 1 Port wine traditionally matures in casks called pipes between one and two winter seasons in the wineries of the Douro. It then goes to the city of Vila Nova de Gaia, whose humid air is perfect for aging and maturing wines and causes very little to evaporate. While [...]
Now that the production of Sherry has had time to sink in I want to go into Port wine production. But, in case you missed it, you can click the link for Sherry Production Part 1, which discusses the types of grapes used to make Sherry, how the grapes are crushed and what goes into [...]
cont’d from Sherry Production Part 1. Let’s move right in to the classification of Sherry and fortification. Once the juice has fermented, tasters come in to classify the Sherry as either Fino or Oloroso. If one or two lots cannot be determined they are marked mosto sobretablas which means undecided. These wines are left to [...]
Sherry Production will be our first discussion in our series learn about fortified wines. I’ve already covered the different styles of Sherry, so if you would like more information on that you can read my post entitled Jerez My Sherry Wine. Sherry wine is a fortified wine that was brought to the port of Cádiz [...]
How the heck are fortified wines made? If you’ve been following this wine blog and have wondered why I haven’t posted anything in a while or have wondered if that’s all there is to learn about wine, first off, no; no it’s not. I apologize for the long period between this and my last post; [...]
Learn About Sparkling Wine Production If you missed the first part of this post, you can Learn About Sparkling Wine Production from the beginning by clicking the link. The last thing we talked about was the Champagne press and the different stages of pressing. Now let’s get into primary fermentation. Primary Fermentation and Assemblage Once [...]
Learn About Sparkling Wine Production It still makes me chuckle when I overhear certain types of people talk about wine. People who obviously know nothing about it, but who have read an article in Wine Spectator and have suddenly become experts on a subject. Let me explain. As a wine expert myself, (stop laughing) I [...]
Learn About Wine Production Continuing with step three of red wine making, let’s learn about Pressing, Secondary Fermentation and Clarification in red wine production. Largely today, red wines are pressed either slightly before fermentation finishes or when the wine reaches its intended dryness level. Pressing enables all the juice to be extracted while allowing solids [...]
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