Wine Education

Yeast

Hello, Hello, and Howdy, A few days ago, on one of my tours, I was talking about fermentation and a guest asked me for some detailed info about yeast. So, I thought I could share a little more detailed info with all of you as well. Yeast, a single-cell fungi,…

Sparkling Wine

Jeff’s Corner 12-27-16 With the hustle and bustle and stress of Christmas behind us, it’s time to tune in and see what’s in store for 2017. In fact, with New Year’s Eve on a Saturday night, there should be lots of “poppage” going on around the world. Since November and…

Decanting

Jeff’s Corner Bon Jour, Hola, and Howdy! Today we are going to continue from last week and talk about decanting a wine. First, however, I want to thank everyone for all the likes, comments, and support regarding last Mondays post mentioning that I had been invited again to judge the…

Veraison

Jeff’s Corner Howdy Howdy Well, my favorite time in the vineyard is about to begin, and this photo pretty much tells the entire story why. I took this snap shot in our Montepulciano block 3-4 years ago almost to the day. These grapes are going through what is called “veraison”.