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). The ...

Humans have used fermentation for thousands of years. Chemical residues from pottery at Jiahu, in central China, date a fermented beverage of rice, honey, and fruit to roughly 9,000 years ago, and ...

Alcohol may seem like something that belongs in a bottle or a bar, but tiny amounts of ethanol can occur naturally in ...

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 ...

What came after fire as humanity’s earliest chemical technology? Fermentation—an ancient bit of biotechnology that gave us ...

Zachary Bean, a master’s student in the department of food science for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, conducts research on reducing alcohol in wines. He will carry on his research ...