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- 21. Port Wine Instructions
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... Some of these varieties are available from California's Central Valley growers. Contact your farm advisor or county agricultural commissioner to find out who is growing the varieties you are interested ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 22. FAQ Tech Tips
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... and double-salt deacidification is not good at removing malic acid in these musts. In order to remove malic and tartaric acid with calcium carbonate as a double salt, the malic and tartaric acids must ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 23. Acidity in Wine
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... titration or acid test kit. These test kits can be purchased for as little as $6.00 and can be used over and over again. If you took chemistry in high school, you'll probably remember that titration is ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 24. Acid/pH Adjustments
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... infection. These adjustments should be made with tartaric acid. Even if this procedure increases the TA above desired levels, the tartrates can be precipitated with cold stabilization. The rule-of-thumb ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 25. Acid Control in Winemaking
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- ... tartaric acids. Minor acids such as succinic, which contribute to aroma and flavour are also present. The presence of these acids in the correct amounts is a vital factor in determining if the must has ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 26. Growing Grapes in El Dorado County #2
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- ... Viticulture at U. C. Davis. Their method consists of summing the average daily temperature over 50° F during the growing season. Five climatic zones or regions were defined, as follows, and these differ ...
- Created on 24 June 2014
- 27. Growing Grapes in El Dorado County
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... vintners, but now the critical role of soils is more widely appreciated, as it has been in France for centuries. These two features -climate and soils- working together produce what viticulturists call ...
- Created on 24 June 2014