Colorado Winery Wins Best of Show for Marquette
Fox Fire Winery won both Best of Show and Triple Gold for their 2012 Marquette at the Colorado State Fair. The winery also received a silver medal for their Traminette. According to Richard Parry,...
Tagged: Marquette winemaking
Reducing Alcohol Levels in Cold Climate Wines
When it comes to Marquette wines, two of the biggest criticisms I hear are excessive oak and alcohol. Oak aside, the high brix of varietals such as Marquette and Frontenac can lead to alcohols...
Avoiding Stuck Fermentation
Perhaps you have come across the diligent winemaker. Everyday he records the density of fermenting musts in a notebook and plots the data on graph paper. This careful winemaker also tracks the rate...
Taking the Mystery Out of Wine Yeast Selection
I get asked a lot of questions from winemakers. I like questions; it means that winemakers are thinking about their wine. Questions also improve and enhance my knowledge and understanding of winemaking, so please...
Katie Cook’s Recipe for Increased Marquette Tannins
In her latest Enology blog post, University of Minnesota researcher Katie Cook explains how whole cluster fermentation can increase tannins in Marquette. There are some caveats, so please see http://enology.umn.edu/ for more details.
Interview with Katie Cook, U of MN’s Rising Star
Katie Cook left the Minneapolis suburb of Prior Lake after graduating from high school in 2000. What followed was a world-wide wine adventure that included a Masters of Enology degree from the University of Bourgogne in...
Four Daughters Winery Opens in Minnesota as Familial Affair
The trend of Midwestern farmers diversifying from row crops to grapes is growing. For the Vogt family in Southern Minnesota, the motivation for starting the Four Daughters Winery, which opened December 15th, has much...