El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
Home Wine Making
- 21. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Winemaking
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... sodium. Sometimes an old fashioned winery will burn a sulphur stick in empty barrels to keep them sterile. Under no circumstances should the home winemaker ever do this. The presence of any elemental ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 22. Wine Tasting Course
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... mystique surrounds Pepsi-Cola, iced tea or milk. But wine is different. It's the only beverage I know that appeals to the senses and the intellect. If you take the time to look for it, every glass contains ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 23. Sulphur Dioxide in WineMaking
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... sodium. Sometimes an old fashioned winery will burn a sulphur stick in empty barrels to keep them sterile. Under no circumstances should the home winemaker ever do this. The presence of any elemental ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 24. Wine Glossary
- (Uncategorised)
- ... in the eastern U.S. for sparkling wine production. Sometimes spelled aurora. Auslese: German word meaning "selection." In German wine law, auslese has a specific meaning which requires that the wine ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 25. Food Recipes
- (Recipes)
- Cook Book of the El Dorado Home Wine Making Web Site You have spent a lot of time making wine. You may have gone out and picked grapes. Stemmed and crushed the grapes. Fermented the grapes. Waited for ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 26. Port Wine Instructions
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... Sulfite the grapes. Let the grapes rest for 24 hours before taking the final Brix reading and adding the yeast. During the time the grapes are resting you will find the Brix usually increases by 1 2 points ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 27. Agrimony Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... other ingredients EXCEPT lactose. Cover primary. 4. Primary ferment for 7 days, stirring 3 times daily. 5. Siphon wine off sediment into glass secondary (5.0 gallon Carboy). Attach airlock. 6. Siphon ...
- Created on 13 September 2014
- 28. FAQ Tech Tips
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... not be nearly as significant, and if lowering of pH is the main goal, then malic is a waste of time. If a wine has more than 4g/L malic acid as an maximum, it will taste hard. Note also that when you buy ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 29. Acidity in Wine
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... avoid contact with your skin or eyes. This NaOH stuff burns something awful! Very carefully, add the sodium hydroxide to the test tube 0.5 cc at a time. After each addition, swirl or shake the test tube ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 30. Acid/pH Adjustments
- (Home Wine Making)
- Acid/pH Adjustments Every winemaker, at one time or another, has had to deal with grapes having less than ideal pH and acid balances. Whether the grapes come from California, a warm climate, or Oregon, ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 31. Acid Control in Winemaking
- (Uncategorised)
- ... difficult to see, sometimes nearly impossible. When titrating reds, work with a brightly lit background. As you add sodium hydroxide solution, the red of the grapes will gradually disappear and turn ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 32. Growing Grapes in El Dorado County
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... temperature measurements during the growing season (April 1 through October 31), the maximum and minimum peak values as well as winter-time values are not considered. Plant communities, on the other hand, ...
- Created on 24 June 2014
- 33. Home Page
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... right place, we have you covered with a variety of resources that will assist you in mastering the home wine making process and have you fermenting your own wine at home in no time. Despite the claims ...
- Created on 01 August 2013