El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
Home Wine Making
- 1. Improving the Taste and Color of Wine with pH Control
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... the basics of pH in wine making All wines are acidic. Usually, a wine will fall between 3 to 4 on the pH Scale (which ranges from 0 to 14). White wines are usually more acidic, falling between 3.0 to ...
- Created on 29 November 2021
- 2. Wineries of El Dorado County
- (El Dorado Home Wine Making)
- Wineries of El Dorado County WineryHoursStreetCityTelephoneEmailWebsite Auriga Cellars Open Fri. - Sun., 11:00 am - 5:00 pm 4520 Pleasant Valley Road Placerville (530)647-8078 contact@aurigawines.com ...
- Created on 21 April 2017
- 3. 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
- 4. Strawberry Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... fairly dry at this point. If you prefer you wines a little sweeter, now is the time to sweeten to taste. You can also add more Strawberry flavor to your wine at this time. You can use anything from table ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 5. Planting a Vineyard
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... the wines are dormant. The cuttings are bound in bundles, kept cool and moist, and dug in sand or sawdust until spring. Then they are trenched into the ground with only the top bud exposed. If cultivated ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 6. Common Grape Guide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... vinifera and v. labrusca. Hybrids can produce excellent wines; they combine the superior wine-making qualities of v.vinifera with the toughness of v. labrusca. Below is a quick guide to some common wine ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 7. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... seal long-lived, and making removal a simple process. This tremendous longevity helps the cork protect fine wines for decades. The use of natural corks to seal wine bottles in the late 1600's and early ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 8. Blind Wine Tasting Party
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... it gets your guests more involved. This can work well as an ice breaker or for parties with large numbers. You want your guests to enjoy some great tasting wines and maybe learn something new along the ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 9. Wine Descriptions
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... wines that at their best can take decades to mature Petite Sirah: Comparatively full flavored wines Pinot Noir: Cherished aromas and flavors often detected are cherry, strawberry, mint, raspberry, pepperminty, ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 10. Problems during fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... between 16 - 26 degrees Celsius. 2.Ensure the appropriate choice and preparation of yeast. For high gravity wines pitch more than a sachet or make a yeast starter. Aerate the must appropriately. Rehydrate ...
- Created on 30 August 2016
- 11. 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
- 12. Hydrogen Sulfide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... barrel-age their wines for much longer periods, if H2S has been detected and removed in the early stages, constant checking for mercaptan odours is critical since the barrel is where the mercaptans are ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 13. Malolactic Fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... acid and 0.33 grams of CO2. WHY USE IT? There are several reasons: The primary reason for using malolactic fermentation is to reduce acid in red wines and some selected white wines by organic rather ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 14. Acid Adjustment Decisons
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... complies, adjustments may be required. Avoid using under ripe grapes, with too high of an acidity. Dilution with water (boiled to remove chlorine), blending with lower acidity wines or chemical adjustments ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 15. The Home Winemakers' Wine Lab
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... Most of the items you will need are fairly inexpensive. Don't be afraid to use them. With a little a bit of practice you will be performing tests on your wines like a real wine maker from Napa Valley. ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 16. Potassium Sorbate
- (Wine Making Information)
- POTASSIUM SORBATE Most home winemakers have experienced refermentation of off-dry wines after bottling. This can be very annoying, as it can cause corks to blow out; also, the resultant fizzy wines ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 17. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Winemaking
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... is complete, particularly with white wines.” Such a winemaker knows the complete history of her grapes—exactly where they came from and how they were handled. She undoubtedly also has elaborate handling ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 18. Mead Wine Recipes
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... is a short list of the most popular types: MEAD - Made with honey only. This term is now used generically to collectively refer to all types of honey wines such as those listed below. PYMENT - This ...
- Created on 15 September 2015
- 19. Wine Tasting Course
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... about a wine's nose. This one's aquiline, that one's pug, the one over there's had an operation? For that matter, I'm not too comfortable with the distinction some tasters make between a wine's "aroma," referring ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 20. Tasting Descriptors
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... horse tanky gym socks vinous(favors mask varietal characters so all wines taste the same) gyn shoes rubbery raw peanuts gassy (in the bottle) Acetic Acid BacteriaMycoderma ...
- Created on 22 August 2015