Lake County is in California's famous North Coast wine region. Lake County is an unusual and distinctive wine-growing region. Most of Lake County's vineyards thrive in the old volcanic soils of the Clear Lake basin, 1,350 feet above sea level in the northern...
The Lake Erie viticultural area has a 150 year history of grape growing and wine making. There are approximately 40,000 acres of commercial wine and processing vineyards in the Lake Erie viticultural area. It is distinguished from the surrounding regions...
Germany has long led the world in the production and classification of various styles of late harvest wines. Johannisberg Riesling and Gewürztraminer being the most commonly found varieties of late harvest designated wines. Generally, late harvest wines...
A selective stripping of the vine canopy to facilitate air circulation and sun exposure to the grape clusters. This opening up of the canopy makes it much easier to control mildew. It also improves bud fruitfulness for the subsequent year, and last but not any less...
Early season removal of leaves from around the grape clusters which allows air circulation to dry out the clusters.
The sediment which accumulates in the bottom of a vat or barrel during the fermentation, racking and fining of a wine.
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