The Great Fermentation Face-Off: A Battl...

UC Davis yeast revving up before being added to our grapes. If you don’t make bread, beer or wine, you probably think of yeast as something slightly icky. But for those of us who depend on it for the outcome of our products, yeast is a beautiful thing. And we’re always looking to use the best. UC Davis, one of the world’s foremost centers of winemaking expertise, has...

Confessions of a NaBloPoMo Delinquent

Not even half way in and I’ve blown NaBloPoMo. (In case you don’t know, NaBloPoMo is a group project where bloggers try to post every day for a full calendar month. I made it in November, which was official National Blog Posting Month.) No post yesterday. I won’t try to give my excuses, I don’t have a doctor’s note. But I’m not going to be a...