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Red 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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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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How to Choose a Crusher Destemmer
By Tristan Johnson Info The Crusher-Destemmer, Destemmer-Crusher and Destemmer-Only are machines that are used to separate the grapes themselves from the stems and then to...
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How to Choose a Wine Grape Press!
By Tristan Johnson Info There are basically two types of wine press in the world: Basket Presses (also called Ratchet Presses) and Bladder Presses. The...
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How to Choose a Stainless Wine Tank!
By Tristan Johnson InfoThe use of stainless steel tanks in home winemaking is fairly common. Because winemakers only get one chance each year to begin...
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How to Choose a Wine or Must Pump!
By Tristan Johnson InfoThere are two main classifications of pumps that are used in wineries: Must Pumps have oversized pump heads and work with larger tubing so...
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How to Choose a Wine Filter!
By Tristan Johnson InfoWe sell Plate and Frame filters for winemaking. Basically these filters consist of plastic plates which hang in a steel frame. 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...
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Transferring/Racking Wine
By Shea Comfort In winemaking, transferring the product from one container to another is referred to as racking and can be done in one of...
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Advanced Winemaking Books
By Cory Grossgart Principles and Practices of Winemaking - Authored by the viticulture and enology professors from the University of California at Davis, this text provides...
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Filter Cleaning Guide
By Tristan Johnson Intro All filters are essentially strainers, made up of very small, uniformly sized holes or pores. As wine passes through these pores,...
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Plum Wine Recipe
For 1 gallon: • 5-6 lbs plums• 4lbs fine granulated sugar• 1 gallon of water• 1½ tsp acid blend (AD600)• 1 tsp pectic enzyme (helps...
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Controlling Temperature for a White Fermentation
05/09/2012 By Shea Comfort Fermentation Temperature Every winemaker has a theory on what temperature to ferment at. We have seen great wine fermented from a...
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Settling Solids Prior to Fermentation
05/09/2012 By Shea Comfort Once we finish pressing we will have a light green/yellow colored juice that will be very cloudy. This cloudiness is...
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White Winemaking Sulfite Additions
05/09/2012 By Shea Comfort One of the keys to a successful fermentation is removing any native wild yeast and bacteria from the must prior...
