Wine has been made by humans for about 7,000 years, and experts agree that until quite recently it may not have tasted very good. For millennia wine has been the ultimate expression of agriculture, ...

Speaking at the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Sept. 9, Dr Aranda described the stresses that wine yeasts undergo in the fermentation process.

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

Editor's Note: This article was provided by Inside Science. The original is here. (Inside Science TV) – Each year, about 32 billion bottles of wine are bought and sold around the world. Each bottle ...

Humans aren't the only species that like to get busy with a glass of bubbly. Turns out, the common baker's yeast has indulged in a frenzy of amorous frolicking in the fermentation vats of winemakers ...

In another advance for innovative winemaking, students and faculty at the University of California, Davis, are now processing wine with the world’s first wireless fermentation system, thanks to a ...

For the past two columns we have discussed grape harvesting and wine making practices, in particular as it applied to City Scape Winery in southern Greenville County. The entire time I was ...

What gives your local Chardonnay that je ne sais quoi? It just might be the regional microbes. Pamela Moore/iStock Every wine is unique to the place where it is produced. Take the same vines, plant ...