Wine consumption continues to rise in the U.S. every year, with retail values reaching upward of $55.8 billion in 2015. Recent projections show that the wine industry will continue to grow this year, ...

Wine is so easy to drink, but it's not so easy to make. Winemaking can be broken down into six basic steps: growing the grapes, harvesting, crushing and pressing, fermentation, clarification, and ...

Do you get itchy, cramped-up or wheezy from even a little bit of wine? It could be because you have a sulfite sensitivity. Sulfites are sulfur-based compounds that are added in the wine-making process ...

Almost all wines naturally contain small amounts of sulfites, but some winemakers also add sulfites to preserve the wine while it’s in the bottle. While many people tolerate sulfites, those who are ...

Newton founder Dr. Su Hua once said filtering wine is “cheating” and makes this cabernet sauvignon without the step of putting the wine through filters before it is bottled. Filtering is an old ...

I asked around, and all the winemakers I spoke with were certain that coffee filters are not fine enough to filter out anything that could create a noticeable change in your wine. I have two other ...

Can you really turn wine into water? It may sound bonkers, but a new breed of water filter claims to be so effective at stripping away toxins that it can do just that. Fed up with the unappetising ...

The filtering process used to remove sediment from beer and wine could contaminate drinks with potentially dangerous heavy metals such as arsenic, scientists have warned. Manufacturers often use ...