Troubleshooting

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Maturation Intervention

No matter how much attention we give a wine, sometimes it will disappoint when tasted for the first time during aging. It may not be faulted

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Properly Adding Copper

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Oxygen Ingression

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Overcompensating With Copper

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Bench Trials and Tribulations

A home winemaker details the four bench trials he conducted to adjust the acidity of a low-pH Sauvignon Blanc to show how the process is don

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Classes, Clubs, and Consultants: Getting expert help at home

Feedback is one of the quintessential parts of growing and learning in this hobby. There are many avenues a hobby grape grower and winemaker

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The Tale of the Stuck Fermentations

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Less-Common Winemaking Pitfalls

A look at the causes and corrections winemakers can make for some of the less common, but still serious, winemaking faults.

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Troubleshooting Off-Odor in a Viognier

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Benefit From Judge Feedback

Having your homemade wines judged by experts is a great way to get feedback and improve your winemaking. In order to do so, however, you nee

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Knocking Down Rot On Grapes

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Pressure in the Home Vineyard: How to measure and mitigate fungal disease

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Softening The Wine

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When Wines Go Bad

Get to know the most common wine faults, their causes, and fixes you can try to alleviate them.

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Properly Adding Acid to a Barrel

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Reconfiguring the Palate & Properly Adding Acid to a Barrel

The Wizard explores the many sensations that tasters experience as a wine goes from grapes, through fermentation, and into the early stages

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Reconfiguring Your Tasting Palate

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Copper Sulfate Solutions: Wine Wizard

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Prevent Volatile Acidity

Volatile acidity (VA) is a flaw that can ruin the aroma of a wine. Explore what exactly VA is, why it is such a problem, and techniques to a

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Monitoring Your Wine: What to test for and when

There are some winemakers who practice the age-old philosophy that the wine will take care of itself . . . but for those who want to produce

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Acetobacter Problems

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Cork Variability

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The Sulfite Blues, Curing A Stuck Fermentation and Freezing Grapes

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Sluggish Fermentation Woes

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Over-Sulfited Wine