Winemaking & Viticulture Archives |  BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/category/features/winemaking-viticulture/ Wine on the internet since 1996 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:02:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.bkwine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-FavIcon-NEW-thick-Magazine-32x32.png Winemaking & Viticulture Archives |  BKWine Magazine | https://www.bkwine.com/category/features/winemaking-viticulture/ 32 32 Mousiness in wine – what is it? | Per on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/mousiness-in-wine/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/mousiness-in-wine/#respond Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:30:42 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=416843 Mousiness, or a mousy wine, is a relatively “new” wine fault. Going back a decade or a bit more, it was rarely talked about. Maybe it didn’t even exist. Today, it is more common, partly because of new wine-making practices – using little or no sulphur – and, no doubt, also thanks to tasters paying […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/biodynamicist-nicolas-joly/feed/ 0 The myth of the maximum yield and quality, and the new VCI reserve https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/maximum-yield-quality-vci-reserve/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/maximum-yield-quality-vci-reserve/#respond Tue, 20 Dec 2022 11:00:02 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=414293 Virtually all appellations in Europe have rules that limit the yield, such as “the maximum yield is 45 hectolitres per hectare”. The theory behind this is often said to be that “a high yield gives lower quality” and thus “keeping the harvest yields low increases the quality”. There are several holes in this reasoning. For […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/maximum-yield-quality-vci-reserve/feed/ 0 The future of organic wines | part 8 | Britt on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/the-future-of-organic-wines/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/the-future-of-organic-wines/#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:38:51 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=403134 Predicting the future of organic wines may seem easy. The number of certified hectares is steadily increasing in Europe. Small wine growers convert, as well as famous Bordeaux chateaux. Consumers increasingly buy organic wines. Bulk prices for organic wine soar. Is there any reason why this should not continue? There is much to suggest that […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/the-future-of-organic-wines/feed/ 0 The challenge of tasting still wines, vins clairs, in Champagne – an unusual visit to Champagne J. de Telmont | Britt on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/still-wines-vins-clairs-champagne/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/still-wines-vins-clairs-champagne/#respond Fri, 02 Jul 2021 13:13:30 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=397356 To blend a champagne to perfection demands a good nose and experience. When we drink the finished product, the bubbles play a significant part in the overall experience. They add freshness and a special sensation in the mouth. The winemakers are, of course, blending still wines, not sparkling wines. They can have hundreds of still […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/still-wines-vins-clairs-champagne/feed/ 0 Four common wine faults – that can be avoided with a touch of sulphur | Britt on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/four-common-wine-faults/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/four-common-wine-faults/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:39:53 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=396709 Wine defects. No-one wants them. But what is it really? Numerous things can spoil a wine. No doubt many wines were spoilt back in the old days when wine producers had little knowledge of wine chemistry and microbiology. Today, things are different. Today, almost all wines leave their wineries faultless. But not quite all. The […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/four-common-wine-faults/feed/ 1 US summit on sustainable winegrowing: Is sustainability confusing to the consumers? | Britt on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/us-sustainable-winegrowing/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/us-sustainable-winegrowing/#respond Wed, 26 May 2021 17:24:57 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=390732 We often point out that it is easy to recognize an organic wine, at least in Europe. All you have to do is look for the green EU logo on the label. It is not as easy when it comes to sustainable wines. In recent years, a plethora of different private sustainability certifications has materialized. […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/us-sustainable-winegrowing/feed/ 0 No wine without yeast, but which type of yeast is the best? | Britt on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/yeast-which-type-best/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/yeast-which-type-best/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:45:15 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=383234 Making wine is pretty straightforward. Or rather, it was, once upon a time. Today it is more complicated. The fermentation, not least, requires the winegrowers to think carefully. They know that yeast turns the sugar in the grapes into alcohol, that stays in the wine, and to carbon dioxide that dissipates. They also know that […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/yeast-which-type-best/feed/ 0 Rootstocks, grafting and when French wine almost died but was saved by Texas | Britt on Forbes https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/rootstocks-grafting-french-wine-texas/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/rootstocks-grafting-french-wine-texas/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:34:14 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=371277 A successful and adventurous journey across the United States in the midst of the phylloxera crises in the 19th century helped save the French vineyards. Pierre Viala, a French botanist, had been sent to find a solution to the phylloxera crisis. He found it in Texas. Viala brought back home an American vine which seemed […]

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]]> https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/rootstocks-grafting-french-wine-texas/feed/ 1 Sustainable wines, what is it? | part 7 https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/sustainable-wines-what-is-it/ https://www.bkwine.com/features/winemaking-viticulture/sustainable-wines-what-is-it/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:46:14 +0000 https://www.bkwine.com/?p=371348 Making wine environmentally friendly is seen by many today as a matter of course. However, the extent to which producers are involved in the environment varies, not least depending on their financial situation. Sustainable viticulture can be seen both as an alternative and a complement to organic viticulture. Is it better, worse or just as […]

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