PETOSKEY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - Northern Michigan's wineries are bustling with activity as harvest season reaches its peak. At Petoskey Farms Vineyard, Winery, Coffeehouse, and Lavender Farm, the ...
It is a product of nature. It is a scientific construct. It is poetry in a glass. And the wine you and I will drink today is the result of a process by which winemakers have taken that agricultural ...
Napa Valley residents are used to seeing wooden wine barrels: in wine caves, stacked outside warehouses and even cut in half and filled with flowers on neighborhood lawns. Barrels are everywhere in ...
Oak barrels are more than storage—they actively shape wine and whiskey by adding flavor, texture, and structure through slow oxygen exchange and the release of tannins. Winemakers favor oak for its ...