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)
- ... 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. Gooseberry Champagne
- (Fruit Wine)
- Back to Fruit Wine Recipes GOOSEBERRY CHAMPAGNE 6 lb / 2,750 grams unripe green gooseberries 3 lb / 1,500 grams sugar 8 pints / 1 gallon water 1/4 oz / 10 grams Champagne yeast METHOD After a 24-hour ...
- Created on 05 April 2019
- 3. Privacy Policy
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... appear on http://www.eldoradohomewinemaking.com, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness ...
- Created on 16 January 2017
- 4. Raisin Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... trap to the jar. Alternatively cover the wide neck with a sheet of polythene secured by a rubber band, which will serve the same purpose. Keep the fermentation jar in a warm place (about 70 degrees F.) ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 5. Maize Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... of sugar, this will make a medium wine, and there are many similar recipes which advocate up to as much as even 4 1⁄2 lb. sugar, so if you prefer a sweet wine you can well exceed the normal 3 1⁄2 lb. ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 6. "Instant Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- "INSTANT" WINE by A. S. Henderson If you have just started winemaking and want an 8 % wine which is suitable for table use, quickly—made, rapid to mature, and low-priced, try this "instant wine" recipe ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 7. pH Analysis
- (Wine Making Information)
- pH Analysis Brief Description: Prior to the invention of the pH meter, pH values of solutions could be found using litmus paper (which changes color depending on the pH of the solution), or ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 8. Strawberry Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... attach a wine airlock and allow the must to ferment until it has completely stopped which will be about 4 to 6 weeks. At this point rack one more time into a clean secondary container re-attach the airlock ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 9. Planting a Vineyard
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... An adequate site with the proper soil conditions will produce large, vigorous vines which will return big yields. Shallow soil with poor drainage will produce weak vines. For this reason, vines set on ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 10. Common Grape Guide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... that should be gently taken through a cool fermentation and then barrel aged. Muscat The Muscat family of grapes (which inclues Orange Muscat, Muscat Canelli and Muscat de Frontignan) all exhibit heady ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 11. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... 1700's encouraged winemakers to begin making richer, more powerful wines which would improve with age for decades, protected by natural corks. Today the greatest wines in the world owe their style and ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 12. Blind Wine Tasting Party
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... wines affordable everyday wines and the other half more expensive fine wines. Have everyone taste the wines blind and rank them in order of price from low to high, along with their reasons and which they ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 13. Wine Descriptions
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... german “Spatlese” version Malbec:The wine of the Malbec is highly colored and markedly tannic. It is well constituted but the aroma is somewhat feeble, which is why preferences often given to the cabernet ...
- Created on 06 October 2016
- 14. Problems during fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... the natural process which can be helped or reduced. 5. Check seals on fermentation vessel; use a hydrometer to see if the sugar concentration has dropped from its OG. If it has then it is fermenting. This ...
- Created on 30 August 2016
- 15. Hydrogen Sulfide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... to produce higher levels of H2S; and more commonly, Low nitrogen levels in the grapes which results in higher levels of H2S being produced by yeast cells (all yeasts produce some H2S that is dissipated ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 16. Malolactic Fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... by making a standard starter using apple juice which has the ideal pH of 4.0. I usually build the starter to one gallon then start adding grape juice in order to build it up more as well as to sensitize ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 17. Plum Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... which are generally high in acid, use an acid tester or cut down to 3 lbs. per gallon. 1. Wash, drain and remove stones. Chop into smaller pieces. 2. Put in nylon straining bag, crush and squeeze juice ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 18. Acid Adjustment Decisons
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... These decisions include: (2)when to harvest and (3)when to add (4)how much (if any) of (5)which acids, as well as (6)acid stabilization. Monitor Brix (with refractometer or hydrometer) and TA (total ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 19. The Home Winemakers' Wine Lab
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... wine. Your home laboratory, which may be as simple as a corner of your winemaking bench, requires a few basics. In broad terms these are measuring equipment, cleaning agents, and records of results. THE ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 20. Blackberry Wine Recipe ( 1 gallon)
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... is out... or at least as much as you can get. Rack your wine by siphoning your wine off of the sediment into your Secondary Fermenter, which should be a glass carboy. Attach your airlock. Your fermenting ...
- Created on 11 August 2016