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Preparing White Juice for Fermentation
05/09/2012 by Shea Comfort White wines are made using only the juice from the fruit, the solids are not included. In order to...
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Preemptive Fining of White Wine
By Shea Comfort Fining: not just post-fermentation! Remember from chapter one that fining is the process of improving the wine by adding a specific product that will...
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White Winemaking Additives
By Shea Comfort Once the pH, TA and sugars have been taken care of, you may want to consider incorporating some of the beneficial specialty...
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White Wines and Malo/Lees
By Shea Comfort Once the primary, alcoholic fermentation has finished it is time to decide if you want to do a malolactic fermentation ("MLF"). Unlike...
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First Transfer of White Wine (Lees Management)
By Shea Comfort Once the correct TA/pH and SO2 levels have been adjusted, the lees will have been stirred-up during the addition and the wine...
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Tasting and Adjusting Whites During Ageing
By Shea Comfort Throughout the entire maturation period we need to occasionally check in on the wine’s progress by testing and tasting it. We like...
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White Pre-Bottling Checklist
By Shea Comfort At some point in the next 6-12 months, depending on the type of wine you are making, the wine will have come...
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Fining Finished White Wine
By Shea Comfort A white wine is usually fined in order to soften a harsh or astringent character, to improve clarity, and/or to create heat...
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Cold Stabilization of White Wine
By Shea Comfort If an unstabilized bottle of wine becomes cold (i.e.: chilled in a fridge before being served) it can trigger a crystallization reaction...
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Heat Stability in White Wine
By Shea Comfort If an unstabilized wine has an excess of protein, this protein can come out of its solubilized form, flocculate and deposit at...
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White Fermentation Checklist
By Shea Comfort At the crusher: SO2: Use 50 ppm (1.6 g or ¼ tsp per 5 gallons of must). Add SO2 as soon as the...
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Choosing Whether to Press or Macerate White Grapes
By Shea Comfort The timing of filling the press depends on the technique of processing the fruit you decided to use: Whole clusters: Fill the...
