Scott Laboratories is thrilled to announce the U.S. approval of the first and only non-Oenococcus strain for malolactic fermentation. The approved strain, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum DSM 34613, is available exclusively from Scott Laboratories as ML PRIME™ and is now officially listed under...
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Introducing a New Cold Water Process For the past 20 years, the wine industry has been taught that the best way to rehydrate active dried yeast is to use warm water and a rehydration nutrient. Because yeast can be temperature shocked if pumped directly into cold juice or must, this process requires...
Read More🎤 Today, we give the floor to Robert Smith, winemaker from Quixote Winery in the Stags Leap district of Napa Valley. 🍇 Robert has been using Lallemand Oenology products through Scott Laboratories for about 10 years to produce wines from his 27 acres of grapevines. 🎬 He shares his experience with...
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What's so special about the STIMULA range? The STIMULA™ range of yeast nutrients are some of the most innovative products within the Lallemand Oenology portfolio. Yeast nutrients are generally used to nourish cells and assist them with the challenges of fermentation. The STIMULA range is...
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Afternoon Brief: Vineyard Workers Celebrated and Arrested
In the same week that Napa Valley Grapegrowers gathered to celebrate their 50th anniversary as an organization, ICE arrested farmworkers in another wine region on California's Central Coast...
Afternoon Brief: Alecia Moore, Winemaker and Two Wolves Wine Founder, Announced as Keynote Speaker for 2025 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
The Unified Wine and Grape Symposium is proud to welcome Alecia Moore, winemaker and founder of Two Wolves Wine, as the keynote luncheon speaker to kick off the 2025 show on Tuesday, January 28...
Afternoon Brief: Wine Sales Are Falling. A Momentary Blip? Or a Structural Problem?
Professor Simone Loose from Geisenheim University and Rafael del Rey from the Spanish Observatory of Wine Markets have launched their latest report, State of the International Wine Markets in 2023. Here are their most important findings...
Afternoon Brief: Helene Devastated Western North Carolina's Wine Industry - Here's How to Help
It has been a little over a week since the worst storm in modern history, Tropical Storm Helene, hit Southern Appalachia. In Western North Carolina, the Swannanoa River swelled to a record-breaking 26.1 feetthats 6 feet above the record...
Afternoon Brief, April 30th
Was California’s Wine Revolution Just a Mirage?: A growing chorus of talented winemakers say that the economics of making wine in the state have turned the promise of the “New California” into a cautionary tale...