Choosing which type of yeast to use for the fermentation, when making wine, is a crucial decision for winemakers. They can choose to ferment “spontaneously” or buy cultured yeast. The issue has been ...

Using a technique that cuts out unwanted copies of a genome to improve the beneficial properties of a compound, researchers working at the University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer, and ...

Mmmm, I think I can detect a kiwi yeast in that Sauvignon Blanc. A winemaker’s practices and the climate tend to get much of the credit for the taste or aroma of a wine, but research is starting to ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by Inside Science. The original is here. (Inside Science TV) – Each year, about 32 billion bottles of wine are bought and sold around the world. Each bottle ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Experienced independent writer with a background in the wine industry. The researchers found “swaths of DNA” containing multiple ...

Speaking with a winemaker recently and asking about indigenous yeast, she cut us off and asked why she would leave a major decision about her winemaking—fermentation—up to chance. When we delve into ...

FLORIAN BAUER’S recipe doesn’t sound very wine-like. Take water, sugar, some amino acids and yeast, and let it ferment. And yet… “When you smell it you say, ‘yes, that’s wine!’,” says Bauer, a wine ...

Beer and wine, staples of human history for millennia, are still yielding new surprises. Recent research highlights how yeast ...