If you’ve ever had a glass of light red wine that’s super fruity and juicy, with an almost bubble gum-like aroma, there’s a chance it was made using a technique called carbonic maceration. When we ...

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 maceration. Carbonic maceration is a technique used during the ...

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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 ...

Think back to a time when you sniffed a red wine and its fruitiness practically vaulted out of the glass, filling your nose with scents of berries, bananas, and even bubble gum. If that glass pour was ...

Most frequently associated with Beaujolais, this is a method of producing light-bodied, fresh and fruity red wines. Instead of crushing the grapes and releasing the juices to be fermented by yeasts, ...

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 ...

Trying to explain carbonic maceration is like trying to explain a song you heard on the radio when you have no idea who sang it or what they were singing about or why you even enjoyed it. The song was ...