Choosing which type of yeast to use for the fermentation, when making wine, is a crucial decision for winemakers. They can choose to ferment “spontaneously” or buy cultured yeast. The issue has been ...

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Just how does grape juice become wine anyway? In today's edition of Ask The Expert we examine the core process behind the ...

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Carbonic maceration wines are increasingly in demand on the market. They are young red wines in which floral and fresh fruit aromas predominate and they must be consumed within the first year. The ...

Scientists discovered that wine's natural compounds may protect gut bacteria from sulfites, while tannins block water ...

However, one of the most well-known characteristics of yeast is the ability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, baker's yeast, to ferment sugar to 2-carbon components, in particular ethanol, without ...

It seems that once humans discovered how to use yeast to ferment honey and fruit, we lost no time in experimenting with and ...

Beer yeasts are so specialized in fermenting malt and so accustomed to living in breweries that they are no longer able to survive in nature, researchers found. ByGiorgia Guglielmi Thursday, January ...

It's National Wine Day, and there's no better way to celebrate than to drink wine, of course. But if you want to really spice up your Wine Day festivities (or any other wine night), you should ...