Temperature control is key during fermentation and storage of your wine.  For the best results you want to control the temperature, if you can.  The Inkbird ITC-308 will keep the temperature within a closely defined range that you set; both the warm side & cool side.

There are a number of possible applications in wine-making, but where my Inkbird has been put into service is my ‘fermentation chamber’. During primary fermentation, I take care to closely control the temperature of the juice to ensure the yeast are happy! I have chosen to ferment reds at 73 degrees and whites at 63 degrees, which may or may not be in line with your desired fermenting temperatures. My home winery is maintained at 63 degrees, a temperature that I have chosen for white fermentation and long term storage, so the question I was faced with is how do I create the proper environment for my red fermentation? The solution is a small chest freezer that allows me to have a couple of small batch (6 gal) reds fermenting at the same time.

I created the fermentation chamber by installing a ceramic reptile heat lamp as my heat source with power existing through the back of the chest freezer via a hole I drilled. The cooling source was the freezer itself. The Inkbird ITC-308 controlled the temperature with a 1 degree range by plugging the heat lamp into the heat outlet and the freezer into the cool outlet. The probe was inserted through the back of the freezer (another hole drilled) which I installed away from the heat lamp. The result is a perfect, dark environment keep at 73 degrees. The Inkbird has worked flawlessly for years. I’m happy but more importantly the yeast are as well.