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How to Understand Wine: Enhancing Agents
How to Understand Wine: Enhancing Agents
Crushed-insect colourings and hot steel tiles: the weird and wonderful world of wine manipulation
Alice Shawbrook
Nov 25, 2020
Wine History: Forgery
Wine History: Forgery
As much as 5% of wine sold in secondary markets today is fraudulent…
Alice Shawbrook
Nov 16, 2020
Bottle Stoppers: Cork Taint, The Discovery of the Cell and Oily Activities
Bottle Stoppers: Cork Taint, The Discovery of the Cell and Oily Activities
The way we seal wine has changed over the years…
Alice Shawbrook
Jul 8, 2020
How to Understand Wine: Added Sugar
How to Understand Wine: Added Sugar
Since antiquity, we have been using high-sugar additives to bolster the alcohol content in wines by transforming excess artificial sugar…
Alice Shawbrook
Jul 1, 2020
How to Understand Wine: Vine Training
How to Understand Wine: Vine Training
What techniques do we use when training vines?
Alice Shawbrook
Jun 24, 2020
Wine History: The Story of Champagne
Wine History: The Story of Champagne
Riddling, lead crystal and other curiosities of the champagne revolution
Alice Shawbrook
Jun 17, 2020
Wine History: How Did We Start Using Barrels?
Wine History: How Did We Start Using Barrels?
What did we use before? And why were barrels the perfect solution?
Alice Shawbrook
Jun 9, 2020
How To Understand Wine: What Do Oak Barrels Do?
How To Understand Wine: What Do Oak Barrels Do?
The chemistry and history of oak tannins, malolactic fermentation and more
Alice Shawbrook
Jun 5, 2020
How to Understand Wine: The Science of Yeast
How to Understand Wine: The Science of Yeast
What is yeast? Where does it come from? And why does it make a difference?
Alice Shawbrook
May 29, 2020
Wine History: How We Age Wine
Wine History: How We Age Wine
Ancient techniques: pine needles, honey, sulphur candles and the natural wine movement
Alice Shawbrook
May 20, 2020
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