Articles written by Marc Nail

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Fill 'em up!
Marc Nail, enologist|May 22, 2021
As an enologist (winemaker), the two most satisfying moments in wine-ma king are first enjoying a glass of wine that you started making two years ago and secondly, bottling. The first is obvious but the bottling process has many moving parts that have to come together at just the right time. It all begins months before the bottling date. Any new labels need to be approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) in Washington, D.C. (basically another way to tax). Glass bottles and...
It's a wine wrap 2020
Marc Nail, contributing writer|Dec 5, 2020
All this year's grapes have now been harvested and put into barrels. Shortly after harvest the vines receive a much needed drink of water filled with nutrients. We need to pay them back for what they gave us before they go dormant for the winter. This year has had its challenges. At Tehachapi Winery there was one week in October that I was sure had eight Mondays in a row. There's more to enology (the study of wine and winemaking) than just making wine; like dealing with solving electrical and pl...

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