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- 1. Obtaining More Alcohol
- (Uncategorised)
- OBTAINING MORE ALCOHOL While dinner wines should range between 10 and 12% alcohol, some winemakers would like a higher alcohol content wine such as sherry. This can be accomplished by a slow "feeding ...
- Created on 16 September 2014
- 2. Improving the Taste and Color of Wine with pH Control
- (Home Wine Making)
- pH Control - Improving the Taste and Color of Wine Balancing and monitoring wine pH levels is no easy task. Vinting the perfect bottle of wine is a mix of both art and science. Compared with other alcohol ...
- Created on 29 November 2021
- 3. Strawberry Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... aid of a wine making hydrometer to produce the desired potential alcohol level (11% or S.G. of 1.086 recommended) and Use a wine making titration kit measure and to adjust your acid level to .60% tartaric. ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 4. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... certain wines may be: Overly tannic--a dry, puckering feel in the mouth. Tannin is a natural component of the grape itself. Overly alcoholic--a hot feel in the mouth. Caused by fermenting grapes ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 5. Wine Descriptions
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... rose-scented aroma. Johannisberg Riesling: flowery, fruity dry wine with high acid and low alcohol not unlike the german “Kabinett” version or a semi-dry style with some residual sugar similar to the ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 6. Hydrogen Sulfide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... it interacts with alcohol, produces mono-mercaptans (sulfides) which have a range of odours - garlic, cabbage, onion, rubber, skunky - and are more difficult to remove because, unlike H2S, they are much ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 7. Malolactic Fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... fermentation, as the fermentation process generally maintains that range of temperatures. Low alcohol is also preferred, thus the above-mentioned time of inoculation Unclarified wine is preferred ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 8. The Home Winemakers' Wine Lab
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... contracted to "SG" - of a liquid. This figure is important for determining, first, how much sugar is contained in the juice (and therefore what the alcohol yield should be) and, finally, when fermentation ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 9. Potassium Sorbate
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... interdependent criteria: Wine pH; Concentration of free SO2; Percent alcohol by volume; Concentration of sorbate; and Viable yeast cell concentration. While it is virtually impossible for winemakers ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 10. Wine Tasting Course
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... Gothic type. But it would be a shame to let a few big words keep us from discovering German wine. Because it almost invariably has an edge of sweetness and its alcoholic content is typically low ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 11. Wine Glossary
- (Uncategorised)
- ... Alcohol: Many different compounds exist in nature which are classed as "alcohols" chemically. In wine only one exists in significant amounts: ethyl alcohol, or "ethanol." Other alcohols, if present, ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 12. Port Wine Instructions
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... to make good port. Port making differs from standard wine making in that you only ferment to a specific Brix level and then add high proof alcohol to stop further fermentation and fortify the wine. ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 13. Triple Scale Wine Hydrometer
- (Home Wine Making)
- Triple Scale Wine Hydrometer, 60degree F Ranges: Specific Gravity 0.990 to 1.170 Balling or Brix 0 to 38% sugar by weight Potential Alcohol by Volume 0 to 22% ...
- Created on 13 September 2014
- 14. FAQ Tech Tips
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... Most of the vineyard yeasts will not survive beyond about 4% alcohol. Be aware of the pH, and the temperature and SO2 regime you chose, as these factors will affect the mix of flora that you start with. ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 15. Acidity in Wine
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... in wine (such as alcohol, sugars, trace minerals, etc.), the wine is said to be "in balance", which is the desired end result of all winemakers. Now that you know how acids impact a wine's taste, which ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 16. Acid/pH Adjustments
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... it may be desirable to add some water in order to decrease the potential alcohol of the high sugar. While adding water will also reduce the acid, it will still be necessary to add acid in order to reduce ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 17. Acid Control in Winemaking
- (Uncategorised)
- ... in roughly 100 mL of dilute alcohol. It need not be particularly accurate. The "White Tile" Method for measuring TA in Red Wines - Testing to the nearest gram per litre. Here is another technique that ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 18. Home Page
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... obtainable materials. Wine in the simplest terms is the product of the fermentation of fruit juice by yeast. During fermentation, yeast converts sugar into roughly equal amounts of alcohol (ethanol) ...
- Created on 01 August 2013