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DIY Experiments: Create Your OWN Aroma Kit

Ever wonder how wine professionals can discern aromas and flavors in wine with ease? Do they really smell...
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DIY Experiments: Flavor and the Retronasal Pathway Copy

Ever notice that food doesn’t taste as good (or at all) when you have a cold? That’s because...
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DIY Experiments: Flavor and the Retronasal Pathway

The Battle of Preservation Methods

When it comes to wine preservation wine drinkers will try anything to be able to make that open...
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Vintage 2013…. A Harvest to Enjoy

Every year winemakers across the world predict, plan and of course, pray for a great vintage.  We know...
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“Crush” Class: Behind the Scenes

The process of turning grapes into wine is one that has been occurring for thousands of years.  As...
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From Grape to Glass: Harvesting in a Nutshell

With the start of September a distinctive buzz begins to fill the air in Idaho’s wineries. Machines begin...
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Soils Impact on Wine

How does soil influence wine quality? Regardless of the region or the varietal, wine quality is the sum...
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Wine for Thought: Acidity

Acid is a fundamental component of wine and impacts wine structure and microbial stability as well as sensory...
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