Fermentation is the fundamental process in winemaking through which grapes are made into wine. Yeast fermentation is key to making a wide range of foods and drinks we know well including cheese ...

Earlier studies have already suggested that grapevine characteristics such as flowering and grape sugar ripeness may be linked to climatic changes. But so far, the microbes that ferment grapes ...

Naturally existing, wild yeast in the air clings to surfaces in the vineyard, and the grapes ferment while the yeast eats the natural sugar in the wine must. Cultured yeast is added to the grapes.

Winemakers can practice more stylistic control over their product than previously thought, according to new research from Washington State University's Department of Viticulture and Enology (V&E).