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Racking Post MLF
By Shea Comfort Having finished MLF, the wine should be removed from any sediment at the bottom of the vessel by racking. Whenever you need...
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Aging Wine
By Shea Comfort The French use the term élévage to refer to the aging/storage period in a wine's life. It roughly equates to our term...
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Tasting And Adjusting Reds During Aging
By Shea Comfort We need to occasionally check in on the wine‟s progress by testing and tasting every 4-6 weeks throughout the entire maturation period....
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Additional Transfers/Controlled Oxygen Exposure
By Shea Comfort Depending on how much sediment is in the wine, it may need to be racked a few times during its maturation. In...
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Red Pre-Bottling Checklist
By Shea Comfort If the wine tastes fine and you are happy with the level of clarity, an SO2 test is all that's left. Once...
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Wine Filtering and Fining
By Shea Comfort Both fining and filtration are treatments that can be done to further polish or finish the wine just before bottling. Fining works...
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Bottling Your Wine
By Shea Comfort 12/05/2008 Once we have gone through the pre-bottling check-list and the wine has undergone any needed treatments, we are ready to...
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Dilution and Chapitalization of Musts
By Shea Comfort -Use filtered water, not straight from the tap if you can avoid it. Chemicals found in tap water (ex: chlorine) could possibly...
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About Acidity and Adding Acid to Must/Wine
By Shea Comfort Acidity in wine grapes is the product of several organic acids naturally found in the fruit. Tartaric and Malic make up the...
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Complete Must Adjustment Example: ºBrix, pH, TA
By Shea For this example, let's put everything together by taking a look at how we might deal with 25 gallons of Syrah must...
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Performing a Bench Trial
By Tristan Johnson What, Why & WhenA bench trial is a small-scale trial meant to simulate the addition of an additive or fining agent to...
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Guide to Macro Oxygenation and Fermentation
By Shea Comfort An Introduction to Understanding Oxygen & Fermentation This MoreManual!™ has been written to help explain how oxygen can be used as a tool...
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Oak Barrel Care Guide
By Tristan Johnson Congratulations on your new winery purchase and welcome to the world of oak barrel ageing! Your home winery is now part of an...
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Choosing a Wine Cork
By Tristan Johnson 05/09/2012 When browsing MoreWine!'s selection of wine corks, it may be difficult to know which one is best for your particular wine. Choosing the...
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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...
