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Winemaker Post

How can dry wine taste sweet?

In other words, it’s possible to have a wine be very low in RS (bone dry) but still taste sweet. The sweet perception in that case isn’t RS, it is fruit sweetness in combination with the sweetness perception that is imparted by alcohol. Since alcohol comes from the fermentation of sugar, it can, but doesn’t always, impart a hint of sweetness.

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Behind the Wine

Thank you from the world’s most grateful winemakers

Happy Thanksgiving from all the Angel-funded winemakers. Messages of gratitude and appreciation from all of us.

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Behind the Wine

Crowd funding rescued this wine that had been in the works for 11 years

Tim Olson made wine from this vineyard for 11 years.  Tim Olson has come a long way since he started making wine in his garage in 1986. I got chills seeing Tim and George Unti talk about talk about their collaboration over the past 11 years. They discussed the uncanny art of grape-growing and winemaking, how it’s sort […]