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El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes

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crushing Grapes at Gar Harman's Vineyard
George Johnson out picking grapes
Jeanne Hintze
Ty Tyrone
Lavone Stron & Helaman Hintze
The Usual Suspects
Jeanne Hintze
BBQ At Keith Atwater
Helaman Hintze
Gar Harmon
Gar Standing in his Vineyard
Ray Russell
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Wine Making Information

Common Wine Defects

 

Name
Formula
Descriptors
Source
Acetaldehyde CH3CHO raw puimpkin sherry minor byproduct of fermentation oxidation product
Acetic Acid CH3COOH vinegar Oxidation Product
Ethyl Acetate CH3COOC2H5 finger nail polish ester of acetic acid + ethanol
Hydrogen Sulfide H2S Rotten Egg Yeasts
Diacetyl* (CH3CO)2 Buttery malolactic Fermentation

*Not considered a defect in small amounts

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