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Tips on Wine Making

We're pleased to provide enology, the challenging science, and delightful art, of making wine, information for numerous wine styles that can be produced from cold hardy grapes developed by the University of Minnesota. Please visit the following pages:

• Dry red, sweet red, rosé, and port wines from Frontenac Grapes
• Semi-sweet to dessert wines, including "faux" ice wine, and off-dry table wines from Frontenac gris Grapes
• Off-dry, or semi-sweet to dessert white wines from La Crescent Grapes
• Medium-bodied red table wines from Marquette Grapes

To learn about reducing acidity, and suggestions specific to University of Minnesota grapes regarding yeast use and skin contact time during fermentation, please read the Frequently Asked Questions on this site.

Two charts, developed by Dr. Murli R. Dharmadhikari and Dr. Karl L. Wilker, are good initial references that depict basic steps for White Winemaking and Red Winemaking.

Drs. Dharmadhikari and Wilker also authored a practical guide to small scale wine production titled "Micro Vinification."

Technical information is available via the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture which offers an on-line resource for winemaking articles and papers.