Educating for Responsible
Wine Consumption

That wine is hot!

What exactly is ‘hot’ when you talk about wines?  Is hot a cool thing?  Do winemakers strive to make ‘hot’ wines? (more…)

I thought spring was late up here this year, but now we have suddenly jumped into summer! What a year. (more…)

We are very fortunate to have an area in our own back yard that has just been awarded its own AVA, which stands for American Viticulture Area.  There were 193 AVAs as of February, 2009 and the Lake Chelan AVA is the 11th in the State of Washington and the State’s second in 2009.  Prior to the installation of the AVA system, wine appellations of origin in the United States were designated based on state or county boundaries.   An American Viticulture Area (AVA) is a federally recognized grape growing area, historic-ally recognized and having soil and growing conditions unique to the surrounding area.   Sometimes it is also called an “Appellation”, a term which can also be used for other agricultural designations as well. (more…)

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Sheila Bergren

This is the time of year when I wish we had settled in Wenatchee or Cashmere when we came here almost twenty-one years ago. While I am happy with where we live, I do get frustrated with the late arrival of spring each year. Out the front door, by the walk, three crocuses, some snowdrops and a pansy have managed to make it through the only recently melted snow. The lilac and spirea are putting out tiny tentative leaves and buds. (more…)

“Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy”
~Sir Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist

Malolactic fermentation (or sometimes malolactic conversion) is a process of a change used in winemaking where tart-tasting malic acid, naturally present in grape must, is converted to softer-tasting lactic acid. (more…)