El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
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- 1. Privacy Policy
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... These cookies are used to store information including visitor's preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 2. "Instant Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- "INSTANT" WINE by A. S. Henderson If you have just started winemaking and want an 8 % wine which is suitable for table use, quickly—made, rapid to mature, and low-priced, try this "instant wine" recipe ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 3. pH Analysis
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... by measuring pH standards, often of pH 2, 7, and 10, to obtain a pH curve used to calibrate the device. The calibration process correlates the voltage produced by the probe (approximately 0.06 volts per ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 4. Concord Grape Wine Recipe
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... York. The varietal has been used with great frequency in producing sweet Kosher wines such as Manischewitz and Mogen David. However, Concord grapes can also be used by the home winemaker to produce more ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 5. Strawberry Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... The Pectic Enzyme, Yeast, and Yeast Nutrient do not change and the Wine Tannin is not critical just somewhere between 0 - 1 Tsp. based on the amount of strawberries being used; the more strawberries ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 6. Planting a Vineyard
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... to consult your county agricultural agent about taking a soil sample and having a complete analysis made. The results of such an analysis can be used as a guide in preparing the soil before the roots are ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 7. Common Grape Guide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... Blanc Vidal Blanc is often used in late-harvest dessert wine styles but must be watched carefully in the vineyard. If left to ripen too long into a damp, early winter, mildew and bunch rot are quite likely ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 8. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... polluting industries, they also help clean the air of the pollutants caused by these industries. In fact, the cork forests are among the most regulated agriculture in the world--the forests are considered ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 9. Problems during fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... must Problem Wine is Hazy Diagnosis 1. Pectin Haze 2. Yeast Haze 3. Protein Haze Cause 1. Pectin Haze-Presence of pectin, found in rich fruits, often used to coagulate ...
- Created on 30 August 2016
- 10. Blackberry Wine Recipe
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... the color. Don’t be tempted to exceed the given quantity of fruit or the wine will be too astringent. This recipe can also be used to make cloudberry, dewberry and wineberry wines. • 3 1/4 pounds ripe ...
- Created on 29 August 2016
- 11. Hydrogen Sulfide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... is not present, addition of the copper solution will help; if disulfide is present, both ascorbic acid and copper sulphate must be used. To determine the amount of the copper solution to use, set up a ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 12. Malolactic Fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... acid. The chances are that if it is not used under controlled conditions, it will happen spontaneously, usually after the wine has been bottled. This is the phenomenon where wines "awaken" in the ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 13. Acid Adjustment Decisons
- (Wine Making Information)
- ACID ADJUSTMENT DECISIONS by Jeanne L. Hintze Wine Maker/ Goathill Winery To malolactic or not to malolactic..., that is only (1)one question of a complex array of options for optimizing wine acidity. ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 14. The Home Winemakers' Wine Lab
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... device for the home winemaker during fermentation, since it is wide enough to accommodate a hydrometer. It can be used to take samples as well as to take hydrometer readings while you ferment in a glass ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 15. 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
- 16. Potassium Sorbate
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... it can impart. However, if used properly, sorbate can be very effective without the aroma and taste it can impart. Average threshold levels for detecting sorbate are about 0.182 g/l, so with the proper ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 17. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Winemaking
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... should be used only for equipment sterilizing purposes, not in must or wine. For one thing, many people avoid sodium in their diets, for another, the presence of potassium ions in wine is more useful than ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 18. Mead Wine Recipes
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... was extolled as food for the gods, as a gift from the gods or as a giver of immortality. The Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and other ancient peoples used honey in making cakes and candies as well as beverages. ...
- Created on 15 September 2015
- 19. Wine Tasting Course
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... very ripe grapes." The smell of old leather comes up often in well-aged red wine. I find it pleasant, too, more like fine old books in leather bindings than well-used shoes. The scents of wine come ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 20. Sulphur Dioxide in WineMaking
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... should be used only for equipment sterilizing purposes, not in must or wine. For one thing, many people avoid sodium in their diets, for another, the presence of potassium ions in wine is more useful than ...
- Created on 22 August 2015