El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
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- 1. Improving the Taste and Color of Wine with pH Control
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... may use automatic pH control equipment as part of their wine manufacturing process. It is best to monitor pH levels periodically throughout the wine production process. Adjustments can be made by adding ...
- Created on 29 November 2021
- 2. Privacy Policy
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records. Online Privacy Policy Only This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 3. Dried Bilberry Wine (Elderberry or Sloe)
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... daily for a week, pushing the fruit down. Strain into fermenting jar, ferment, rack when clear, and bottle. An excellent dry red table wine, best made with a Bordeaux or Pommard yeast. For a sweet wine ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 4. Planting a Vineyard
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... not to the extent that liberal applications of dry, ripe material such as straw or cured hay will. Because spring is the best time to plant vines in most parts of our country, the soil should be turned ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 5. Common Grape Guide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... season to produce the best fruit, redolent of truffles, blackberries and black currants. Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon is perhaps the most famous grape varietal in the world. California's best ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 6. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... work. It is graded by a worker who slices the cork to expose a clean surface. Only the very best cork wood will become wine stoppers. Such wood has very few defects, and is very consistent in color, ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 7. Fig Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- Back to Fruit Wine Recipes FIG WINE Ingredients: 2 1⁄2 lb. brown sugar 2 lb. dried figs 1⁄2 lb. large raisins 1 lemon 1 orange 1 gallon boiling water 1⁄2 oz. root ginger Yeast and nutrient Method: ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 8. Blind Wine Tasting Party
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- A blind tasting works best when you want to compare different varieties of grape such as Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, Shiraz, and Pinot Noir. It can add a bit of fun to these wine tasting party ideas because ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 9. Wine Descriptions
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- ... 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. Blackberry Wine Recipe
- (Fruit Wine)
- Back to Fruit Wine Recipes Blackberry Wine Recipe Ripe, juicy blackberries gathered on a sunny day make a delicious deep red wine. It’s best to ferment this in a dark glass jar to prevent light spoiling ...
- Created on 29 August 2016
- 11. Malolactic Fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... that will work well below these pH's. Temperatures should be above 20 - 30?C. So the best time to inoculate the must with the malolactic bacteria is when the wine is about one-third through the yeast ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 12. Acid Adjustment Decisons
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... conversion factors for the units you choose to work with. It is best to clarify musts by refrigerating the sample overnight and testing a racked portion. Be careful to only use distilled water, or at least ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 13. The Home Winemakers' Wine Lab
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- ... wines you have encountered, and, of course, enhance your bragging rights. THE NOSE KNOWS The most important instrument you can employ is your nose. Sadly, we often fail to use the best instrument ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 14. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Winemaking
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... how much you added, how much was present before the addition and how much of your addition promptly becomes bound. In the case of whites and rosés, the best thing to do is a free SO2 check. In the case ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 15. Mead Wine Recipes
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... use almost any honey in the making of mead. Strongly flavored honeys (orange blossom, buckwheat, wild flower) generally work best for Metheglin. Clover honey works well and will result in a very delicately ...
- Created on 15 September 2015
- 16. Wine Tasting Course
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... mellow at first, but it's bland and uninspiring, lacking the verve to stand up to food. Sour and sweet tastes are mixed in many California Chardonnays, which at their best are crisp, almost dry, with ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 17. Sulphur Dioxide in WineMaking
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... how much you added, how much was present before the addition and how much of your addition promptly becomes bound. In the case of whites and rosés, the best thing to do is a free SO2 check. In the case ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 18. Wine Glossary
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- ... although generally of lower quality and price. Aligote: A white wine grape used in various blends in many countries but best known for its fruity, light wines from Burgundy in France. Alliers: ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 19. 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
- 20. Apple Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... TO USE AND PLANT: In apple wine or apple cider the more flavorful and acid varieties such as Winesap, McIntosh and Jonathans are the best. Delicious apples because of their low acidity should be combined ...
- Created on 13 September 2014