From the Editors


What Is Hot Wine?

Submitted June 1st, 2009

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…)


New Web Contact

Submitted May 13th, 2009

Please contact me if you have any information you would like to post on the web site. This includes any pictures of our events you are willing to share.

Contact me at: snowall@nwi.net

Sheila Bergren


What Is Malolactic Fermentation?

Submitted May 11th, 2009

“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…)


The Red Wine Stain

Submitted May 11th, 2009

Fellow Enological Society Members,

What a lovely time of year in the Wenatchee Valley! (more…)