WineMaker Magazine

06/27/2025

We paid a visit today to our longtime friends at Brouwland in Belgium. They are one of the true leaders in Europe for home equipment and supplies. It was great to catch up with their team and see their impressive operation from huge warehouses with people (and robots!) picking orders, a large retail store, and their classroom space for winemaking workshops. 🇧🇪 🍷

06/25/2025

Perry, or pear cider as some refer to it, is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world. Facing extinction for periods through history, perry is on the upswing and it’s a great time to learn to make your own at home. Whether it’s bubbly or still, sweet or dry, there is likely a perry for everybody’s taste.

Perry, or pear cider, is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world. Bubbly or still, sweet or dry, there is a perry for everybody.

06/06/2025

Blending is often associated with red wines, but blending white wines can also be advantageous to create a balanced wine in certain situations or to complement grapes that need amplification in areas.

Blending white wines can create a balanced wine in certain situations or complement grapes that need amplification in areas.

05/18/2025

The results of the 2025 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition are in! Congrats to all of the winners and thanks to everyone for entering! https://winemakermag.com/article/2025-winemaker-amateur-wine-competition-results

05/17/2025

Two full days packed with winemaking learning and fun! The 2025 WineMaker Conference is wrapping up its 16-year run in Sacramento today. Thanks to the thousands of home winemakers from across North America, speakers, and sponsors who have joined us over the years since our very first WineMaker Conference in Sonoma County back in 2008. Don’t worry- we’re continuing to publish WineMaker magazine, run our competition, host international winery tours, and hold online workshops. We’ll also be brainstorming ways for new in-person winemaking events in the future. Cheers!

05/16/2025

From Lab attendees to lab attendees, day one of our WineMaker Magazine Conference featured hands-on winemaking workshops capped off with an open house at Baker Family Wines co-owned by our longtime columnist Chik Brenneman and baseball legend Dusty Baker.

05/09/2025

The June-July 2025 WineMaker issue is now live online with stories on blending white wines, making whites with hybrid grapes, filtering, canopy management, pectic enzymes, perry, and more! www.winemakermag.com

05/08/2025

Chitosan is a product every home winemaker should be familiar with. It is used to help clarify wine, but its benefits go well beyond that. Newer chitosan-based products are also beneficial for microbial stability as well as malolactic and acetic bacteria suppression.

Chitosan has long been used to clarify wine, but newer chitosan products also aid in microbial stability and ML & acetic bacteria suppression.

05/01/2025

Lodi, California, is known for its production of Zinfandel wines that run the spectrum of wine styles. Three Lodi winemakers share their approaches to crafting wines from the quintessential American grape: https://winemakermag.com/article/kings-of-zin

04/29/2025

Our WineMaker Magazine experts will lead a series of half-day, advanced, hands-on workshops for our only in-person learning event of the year. Don't miss joining us in Sacramento, California on May 15 and 18 for unique small-class learning. Half-Day topics include:
• Advanced Winemaking Techniques
• Advanced Grape Growing Strategies
• Demystifying Malo
• Identifying Wine Faults
• Wine Stabilization
• Evaluating Wine like a Winemaker
and more!
https://winemakermag.com/conference/2025-boot-camps