Winemaking

Winemaking or vinification, is the production of wine, starting with selection of the grapes or other produce and ending with bottling the finished wine. Although most wine is made from grapes, it may also be made from other fruits or plants. Mead is a wine that is made with honey being the primary ingredient after water.

Winemaking can be divided into two general categories: still wine production (without carbonation) and sparkling wine production (with carbonation — natural or injected).

The science of wine and winemaking is known as oenology. A person who makes wine is traditionally called a winemaker or vintner.

Process

After the harvest, the grapes are taken into a winery and prepared for primary ferment. At this stage red wine making diverges from white wine making. Red wine is made from the must (pulp) of red or black grapes and fermentation occurs together with the grape skins, which give the wine its color. White wine is made by fermenting juice which is made by pressing crushed grapes to extract a juice; the skins are removed and play no further role. Occasionally white wine is made from red grapes; this is done by extracting their juice with minimal contact with the grapes' skins. Rosé wines are either made from red grapes where the juice is allowed to stay in contact with the dark skins long enough to pick up a pinkish color (maceration or saignée) or by blending red wine with white wine. White and rosé wines extract little of the tannins contained in the skins.

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California winemakers uneasy about Trump’s threat to place 200% tariff on European wine imports

CNN 22 Mar 2025
“This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.” But many winemakers and grape growers in California, which has the lion’s share of US wine production, view the proposal with a sense of unease.
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Penn Live 22 Mar 2025
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Anthony Gismondi: What the U.S.-Canada tariff war means for local wine consumers

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Latina winemaking friends create history of their own during Women’s History Month

The Oregonian 22 Mar 2025
Elena Rodriguez of Alumbra Cellars and Cristina Gonzales of Gonzales Wine Company are the first Latina winemakers/winery owners in Oregon history to collaborate on a wine.
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Capital Press 22 Mar 2025
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Jamaica Observer 22 Mar 2025
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The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
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Delaware Online 22 Mar 2025
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The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
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Francis Wilkinson: Canadians are extremely confused right now

Journal Gazette 22 Mar 2025
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Hungary Today 21 Mar 2025
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