El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
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- 21. Obtaining More Alcohol
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- ... alcohol. Using this method, alcohol contents of up to 17 - 18% can be achieved but only under the proper conditions. Alcohol contents above 10% greatly inhibit yeast growth. Therefore the yeast should ...
- Created on 16 September 2014
- 22. FAQ Tech Tips
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... for adjusting my reds when the grapes come in? Removing SO2 with H2O2: One mole of peroxide (Mr=34) reacts with one mole of SO2 (Mr=64) to give one mole of Sulphate. Therefore 34/64g of peroxide ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 23. Acidity in Wine
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... chemically balanced. On the other hand, if you make wine from scratch, read on to learn more... There are two basic ways to measure acidity: measure it with a titration kit or a pH meter. Next, we'll ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 24. Acid/pH Adjustments
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... for tartaric acid addition is 1 g/l to reduce the pH by 0.1. However, there are some cautions: 1. Different grapes have different buffering capacities; 2. High pH drops, say from 3.6 to ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 25. Acid Control in Winemaking
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- ... at, or pass the end point there will be a distinct change in the colour of the drop of wine as soon as it is placed on its circle. The greyish green shade will change to red in the drop of indicator. When ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 26. Growing Grapes in El Dorado County #2
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- ... higher and the average minimum temperatures there are lower. The lower minimum temperatures of Amador are a function of topography - the El Dorado CIMIS recorder is situated on top of a ridge, whereas ...
- Created on 24 June 2014
- 27. Growing Grapes in El Dorado County
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... character as well as topography can modify local plant communities. Special plant communities that lack temperature (or elevation) control exist on soils derived from weathered gabbro and serpentinite ...
- Created on 24 June 2014
- 28. Home Page
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... gallery, there are a number blank labels you can download for your own use, right right click and save. In the gallery you will see some of the equipment you will need for home winemaking. As time permits, ...
- Created on 01 August 2013