This technique can make a wine taste like a watermelon Jolly Rancher. If you’ve ever sipped a wine that tasted like a sun-warmed banana or a fresh piece of pink bubblegum, you’ve experienced carbonic ...

Get to know the winemaking technique that's behind your favorite fruitier, lighter wines. Getty Images If you’ve ever had a glass of light red wine that’s super fruity and juicy, with an almost bubble ...

Carbonic maceration wines are increasingly in demand on the market. They are young red wines in which floral and fresh fruit aromas predominate and they must be consumed within the first year. The ...

When Virginia Orozco, assistant winemaker at Neely Wines in Portola Valley, approached Neely winemaker Shalini Sekhar with the idea of making a carbonic chardonnay, she was afraid Sekhar might think, ...

Whether it’s the return of cool weather and a seasonal inclination to revisit red wines, or the range of flavors on the table from turkey to buttery squash and stuffing, Thanksgiving always makes me ...