Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013. The techniques used to ...

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production?

Just how does grape juice become wine anyway? In today's edition of Ask The Expert we examine the core process behind the ...

A new research project aims to turn wine into dresses with a creative – if slightly gross – colony of bacteria. While most of us worry about spilling wine onto our clothes, researchers at the ...

Denotes wine that has been fermented in small casks (usually 55-gallon oak barrels) instead of larger tanks. Advocates believe that barrel fermentation contributes greater harmony between the oak and ...

Rachel and Raphaël Pommier, the winemakers at Domaine de Cousignac. At Domaine de Cousignac in France’s Rhône Valley, winemaker Raphael Pommier has found a unique way to incorporate his love ...

Barrel Fermented: Denotes wine that has been fermented in small casks (usually 55-gallon oak barrels) instead of larger tanks. Advocates believe that barrel fermentation contributes greater harmony ...