Yeasts

Single-celled microorganisms used to convert sugar to alcohol and carbon dioxide during fermentation.

The oldest name for Zinfandel is crljenak kaštelanski.

Answer: False.

Crljenak kaštelanski (SEARL-yan-ack cas-tel-LAN-ski) is the modern Croatian name for the Croatian grape zinfandel. During the Middle Ages and earlier, the grape was called tribidrag (TREE-be-drag) and it was grown all over the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia. Although it is unclear how the name tribidrag became crljenak kaštelanski, the name of the grape variety actually comes in many forms today—primitivo in Italy, zinfandel in California, and kratošija in Montenegro and Macedonia.

Smoke Taint

Smoke taint in wine was first identified in 2003. In California wine country, horrendous wildfires in 2008 and this year (in Carmel Valley and Lake County where wildfires still rage near vineyards) show just how… Continue reading

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