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Testing and Adjusting Your Wine

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Two of the keys to making a great batch of wine are testing and making adjustments based on those tests. There are two critical areas where you will need to perform tests and possibly make adjustments. Those are sugar and acid levels. As you are already aware, the sugar level of your wine is incredibly important as it is the sugar that the yeast feeds off of in order to produce the alcohol. The amount of sugar that you start your batch with will ultimately determine the […]

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Guide to Temperature Storage of Wine

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After your wine has been bottled you will need to take careful steps to ensure that careful temperatures are maintained in order for the wine to remain stable. In most cases, it is best to store your wine in cool temperatures. For long-term storage, most bottled wines do better when stored at a temperature of about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. The reason why it is so important to store wine at cool temperatures is because cool temperatures help to reduce the effects of oxidation. Keep in mind; however, […]

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Troubleshooting Fermentation Problems

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As we all know, fermentation is one of the critical stages of wine making. Without fermentation, it is impossible to create wine as the base process involves live organisms called yeast turning sugars into alcohol.  There may be times you may find that you have problems with the fermentation process. Usually, these problems will take the form of either fermentation that just does not occur at all (stuck) or else is too slow. One of the reasons that this may occur is that the temperature was either […]

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Tips for Making Wines With Grapes

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As you contemplate the prospect of making your next batch of wine you will need to decide whether you want to use fruit, such as grapes, or packaged fruit juices. Packaged juices are known as concentrates and can be easily purchased online as well as in home brewing stores. There are many advantages to using concentrates, including the fact that they come with easy to follow directions and usually all of the extra ingredients you may need. Many novice winemakers feel that concentrates are a great introduction […]

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