Scientists in Kyoto found that fresh grapes rarely host the yeast needed for wine fermentation, but raisins do. They soaked ...

Researchers at Kyoto University have shown that naturally sun-dried raisins can seed fermentation and generate higher ethanol ...

Bread, alcohol, dill pickles or cheese might come to mind when you think of foods that ferment, but one food that doesn't usually make the list? Chocolate. Now, however, scientists and producers are ...

It may sound like a miracle, but new research suggests that people in ancient times could have made wine simply by soaking ...

Scientists and gourmands alike have been fascinated by the recent discovery of a 3,600-year-old cheese sample from a tomb in what is now the Xinjiang Uygur region in northwestern China (Cell 2024, DOI ...

Humans have used fermentation to produce wine, bread, and other related products for centuries. An article published in Microorganisms describes fermentation as the conversion of sugars or ...

Every piece of the winemaking puzzle involves a series of decisions. It’s said that great wine is made in the vineyard. In reality, it certainly starts there, but winemaking is a process that involves ...

Vicki Denig is a wine and travel journalist who divides her time between New York and Paris. She is a certified wine specialist who has worked in the wine trade since 2013. To pick a bottle of wine ...