Steve Dutton, Germany: In response to Pirramimma's wines gain points while losing power : When I was a younger lad, I remember that they bred yeast the old fashioned way, without GM, to be...

The US Government, more specifically the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), recently published a ‘final notice’ confirming amendments to the materials and processes...

In How to make wines a little weaker ,  we reported on the use of the spinning cone to reduce alcohol in wines in California. Who better to ask about the use of the spinning cone in Australia...

It's generally accepted that alcohol levels in wines have been rising, especially in the last couple of decades, and the subject has been aired frequently in the press and on this site. I’m...

Eric Lecours, San Francisco: I am most interested in hearing about what can be done in the vineyard to reduce alcohol. For fine wine, this is the area that I believe should be researched. You...

The UK wine trade is getting seriously interested in a group of wines they have not yet got a satisfactory name for. The working title is Lower, or perhaps Reduced, Alcohol Wines – an amorphous...