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Yeast – Nature’s Wine Maker
As much pride as our world-famous wineries claim to have in their century-old establishments, the majority of the burden of wine making actually falls to a single-celled organism: yeast. In fact, much of the art of wine making is actually the art of feeding and nurturing the yeast. A famous quote from Dr. Roger [...]
May 17th, 2009 | Filed under Wines -
The Whole Story of Wine Making Yeast
There are many aspects to winemaking. The winemaker must diligently prepare and watch over throughout the whole process. If we simply had to break it down and select the single most important element in the wine making process it would have to be the wine making yeast.
Yeast is a microorganism, there are currently 1500 classified [...]May 13th, 2009 | Filed under Wines -
Understanding the Importance of Wine Making Yeast
It is surprisingly common among winemakers who have not got that much experience in the art of making wine to basically overlook the very real importance of yeast in the wine making process. This is surprising for the simple fact that it is actually the yeast that ultimately makes the wine. Although it is people [...]
May 8th, 2009 | Filed under Wines -
Why Do You Need Wine Making Yeast For Wine?
Yeast is an important part of the whole wine making process and can’t be neglected at all. It is the sole element that turns the grape sugar into alcohol. Without yeast, the wine is nothing more than a grape juice. Thus yeast plays a major role in giving the wine its alcoholic identification and creamy [...]
May 5th, 2009 | Filed under WinesTags: wine making yeast -
Winemaking – Yeast – The True Wine Maker
Nobody really knows when the first wine was really made and manufactured to people all over the world. All we can accept as true is that someplace, somewhere out there a person was forgetful enough to put down a bottle of grape juice in a place which enabled wine making yeast to creep into the [...]
May 3rd, 2009 | Filed under Wines -
Wine Making Yeast is a Key Ingredient in Making Wine
There are a variety of yeasts used for making highly qualitative wine. The wine making yeast plays an important role in the extracting process of wine production. Yeast is present in grapes right from the beginning and helps in converting the grape juice sugar into wine. There are a number of wine yeast varieties available [...]
Apr 16th, 2009 | Filed under WinesTags: wine making, wine making yeast -
Do You Really Need Wine Making Yeast to Make Wine?
Someone emailed me the other day and told me of a wine recipe that she found in mothers things that did not require any wine making yeast. She wanted to know if yeast was important and needed for wine since a friend of hers said it was but didn’t know why.
I wrote her back [...]Apr 14th, 2009 | Filed under WinesTags: wine making yeast










































