El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
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- 1. Improving the Taste and Color of Wine with pH Control
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... tart and crisp flavors. Many white wines, for example, are known for being both crisp and tart. This should come as no surprise as they generally have a lower pH level. The full impact of a wine’s pH ...
- Created on 29 November 2021
- 2. Gooseberry Champagne
- (Fruit Wine)
- Back to Fruit Wine Recipes GOOSEBERRY CHAMPAGNE 6 lb / 2,750 grams unripe green gooseberries 3 lb / 1,500 grams sugar 8 pints / 1 gallon water 1/4 oz / 10 grams Champagne yeast METHOD After a 24-hour ...
- Created on 05 April 2019
- 3. Legal Notice
- (Wine Making Information)
- Legal Notice FDA Disclaimer These statements have not been evaluated by FDA ( Food and Drug Administration). The information shared on this site is intended for educational purpose only. These products ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 4. Prune Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... Then strain into fermenting jar and fit trap, and move into slightly cooler place (about 65 degrees). After another two months the secondary ferment should be finished and when the wine clears it should ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 5. "Instant Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... everything into the fermentation jar. Dissolve the yeast nutrient with a little warm water and add to the jar, top up with cold water to the shoulder (this should reduce the whole to a safe temperature) ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 6. Strawberry Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... used the less Tannin required. The Potassium Metabisulfite should be dosed somewhere close to 1/16 Tsp. per each 8 pounds of Strawberries. Preparing The Strawberries Use Fresh Strawberries whenever ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 7. Planting a Vineyard
- (Wine Making Information)
- Planting a Vineyard SELECTION OF VINEYARD SITE A desirable vineyard site should have adequate air drainage (free from trees and bushes), moderate degree of slope, and a deep, well‑drained soil. ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 8. Peach Wine Recipe
- (Fruit Wine)
- Peach Wine Recipe Recipe for 1 gallon of peach wine. Multiply ingredients by # of gallons to be made. 3 lbs peaches 1 1/2 - 2 lbs sugar (starting SG should be 1.085-90) 1 1/2 tsp. Acid ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 9. Tinned Peach or Apricot Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... the can, and add yeast, nutrient, and enough cold water to bring level of must to just below the shoulder of the jar, leaving room for a "head." Fit air lock and leave in a warm place for 10 days, shaking ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 10. Common Grape Guide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... that should be gently taken through a cool fermentation and then barrel aged. Muscat The Muscat family of grapes (which inclues Orange Muscat, Muscat Canelli and Muscat de Frontignan) all exhibit heady ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 11. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... industry. TRADITIONAL CHLORINE WASH 1. Begin with a tank (without dust) with an aqueous solution super saturated with calcium hypochlorite. The end result should be a final bath with a ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 12. Blind Wine Tasting Party
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... ounces of each wine for tasting purposes. So, for eight guests, one bottle of each wine to be tasted should be sufficient. Keep more bottles on hand to sip with the food that comes later. Brown paper ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 13. Wine Descriptions
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... Similar in style to California Barbera Chenin Blanc: It has a aroma of honeysuckle, honey and flowers, quince and arpicot. It should taste fruity, appetizing, but overall not highy distinctive. It may ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 14. Malolactic Fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... of diacetyl during the malolactic fermentation. The latter phenomena are stylistic reasons for using malolactic fermentation. SHOULD IT BE USED ON ALL RED AND WHITE GRAPES?No. Typically malolactic ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 15. 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
- 16. Carrawattee
- (Fruit Wine)
- Back to Fruit Wine Recipes CARRAWATTEE Collect 1 1⁄2 pints of tea left over from the teapot into a 1 quart bottle, add 6 oz. sugar, 4 oz. raisins or sultanas, one saltspoon of dried H.H. yeast, ...
- Created on 19 August 2016
- 17. Blueberry Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... 1/2 pint Red grape concentrate (used later) 1 1/2 - 2 lbs sugar (starting SG should be 1.090) 1 1/2 tsp. Acid Blend 1/4 tsp. Tannin 1/2 tsp Pectic Enzyme 1/2 tsp Energizer 1 Campden tablet ...
- Created on 15 August 2016
- 18. Blackberry Wine Recipe ( 1 gallon)
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... is out... or at least as much as you can get. Rack your wine by siphoning your wine off of the sediment into your Secondary Fermenter, which should be a glass carboy. Attach your airlock. Your fermenting ...
- Created on 11 August 2016
- 19. Potassium Sorbate
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... amount free SO2 and careful measurement of sorbate, the aroma and taste should not be able to be detected by the majority of people. Do not use it in any wine that has undergone MLF; if the MLF recurs, ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 20. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Winemaking
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... easily. This happens on contact with carbon dioxide and moisture in the air. Keep your container of potassium metabisulphite tightly closed to minimize this problem. In any case, you probably shouldn’t ...
- Created on 10 August 2016