Since Pasteur's work, several types of microorganisms (including yeast and some bacteria) have been used to break down pyruvic acid to produce ethanol in beer brewing and wine making. The other by ...

For years, Augusti Ntivuguruzwa struggled to perfect his banana wine in Rwanda. As for many traditional wine-makers in the ...

Fermentation is the fundamental process in winemaking through which grapes are made into wine. Yeast fermentation is key to ...

“We then isolated elements that make fermenting possible,” Munezero explains ... the traditional fermenting agent of banana wine,” says Munezero. The resulting yeast can remain dormant for over a year ...

There are many populations of yeast that humans have used for millennia, including those that make wine, sake, lagers, cheese and baker's yeast. The genetic history of these yeasts has been guided ...

Philip Shaw made his first wine with sultanas, water and yeast in a lemonade bottle at age 12, after a school excursion to ...