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Oregon winemaking pioneers, Tony Soter and his wife, Michelle, returned to their native state after a long and successful ...
While there are nuances that set it apart from other types, blueberry wine is fermented using a similar process as grape wine ...
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Secondary fermentation is one process by which a wine transforms into sparkling. First it ferments in a barrel or steel tank, then it’s bottled, where remaining yeasts activate the second ...
This is exactly what it sounds like; wine is made through the process of fermentation, and if it ferments again in the bottle, secondary fermentation has happened.
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Secondary Fermentation The process that creates the bubbles in sparkling wine. As the wine is bottled, a small amount of yeast and sugar is added before the bottle is sealed with a sturdy crown cap.
Rather than feel like you need a word salad to describe a wine’s aromatic profile, start by assessing the wine’s three broader categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary aromas.
Prosecco undergoes a secondary fermentation in steel tanks, rather than the bottle, so it’ll generally taste lighter than Champagne and certainly less bready.