El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
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- 21. Wine Glossary
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- ... is too low, a wine may be thin, unbalanced and lacking in body. Aleatico: A wine grape usually used for sweet dessert wines because of its pungent, Muscat-like flavor. The Italian Vino Santos are ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 22. Port Wine Instructions
- (Home Wine Making)
- PORT WINE INSTRUCTIONS Here are some suggestions and instructions for making Port wine. This is also applicable for late harvest fortified wines. The grapes used for Port wine traditionally come from ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 23. Obtaining More Alcohol
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- ... the yeast" technique. This allows the yeast to slowly get used to the high alcohol content. A must of S. G. 1.080 is made up and fermented down to 1.000 - 1.005. At this point, while it is still fermenting, ...
- Created on 16 September 2014
- 24. Fining Agents
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- Fining Agents Fining Agent Rate of Use Best Used For Preparation When Sparkolloid 5 - 7 grams/ 5 gallons All wines Heat slurry of 1-2 cups water with ...
- Created on 13 September 2014
- 25. Apple Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... apples that are sound (firm, ripe) and free of rot and worm damage should be used. Wash and sort out apples. Since a better wine is produced by fermenting on the juice (without pulp) it is recommended ...
- Created on 13 September 2014
- 26. Agrimony Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- Back to Fruit Wine Recipes AGRIMONY - WINE This recipe is for 5 gallons (19L) of incredible wine! 10 Pints Agrimony 5 Gallons Water 10 Pounds Sugar 2½ Pounds ...
- Created on 13 September 2014
- 27. FAQ Tech Tips
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... stirrer, and with a 2mL graduated pipette titrate the acid solution into the sample until the desired pH is reached. Every mL of solution used equates to 1 g/L of the acid. If you are using something illegal ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 28. 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
- 29. Acid/pH Adjustments
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... and, using one as a control, to the other glasses add 1, 2, 3, etc. ml of the 10% solution and measure the pH changes. The volumes of the 10% solution used are equivalent to the grams per litre of acid ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 30. Acid Control in Winemaking
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- ... the potential to produce good wine. ["must" is word used for the juice or crushed grapes before fermentation] Malic acid is the preponderant acid of unripe grapes. As grapes ripen the amount of malic ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 31. Chart of Weights
- (Home Wine Making)
- Charts of Weights Approxiate Weights in Grams of Chemicals used in Winemaking Chemical ¼ teaspoon ½ teaspoon 1 teaspoon Potassium metabisulfite 1.3 ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 32. Growing Grapes in El Dorado County
- (Award Winning Grapes)
- ... categorize and compare the climatic conditions within and between various regions. The two most widely used are native plant communities, and degree-day heat summations. Neither method tells us all we ...
- Created on 24 June 2014