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Oxygen Ingression, Volatile Acidity Interventions, Sorbate Question, and Malolactic Timing
Sometimes we get several questions that revolve around a similar theme. The Wine Wizard had several questions this go-round on volatile acid
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Egg White Fining and Overoaking
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Reducing Oak Flavor In Wine
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Is Oak Sanitation Necessary?
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Recommended First SO2 Addition
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Free SO2, Bottle Drop, First SO2 Addition, and Oak Sanitation
A winemaker asks for some pointers on when to test for sulfite on their wines using their new sulfite testing kit. Also, learn about curing
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Wine Bottle Deposits
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Testing For Free SO2
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Fermenting Anything & Pectic Enzymes: Wine Wizard
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Freezing Grapes
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Curing A Stuck Fermentation
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Vineyard Planning, Varnish on Mini Barrels, Macerating Skin Packs, and Degassing Wine
A proud new owner of a sulfite test kit wants to know how often to test. The Wizard also answers questions on backyard vineyard planning, ur
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Degassing Wine
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Macerating Skin Packs
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Varnish on Mini Barrels
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Vineyard Planning
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Adding Acid to Sanitize, Sparkling Situation: Wine Wizard
The second and perhaps the most important reason is that if you’re doing your final rinsing with an acid blend that contains malic acid, y
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Quality Control
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Yeast-free wine and quality control: Wine Wizard
The good news is that most wines that you can buy off the supermarket shelf don’t contain a lot of yeast cells; if they did, the wines wou
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Chlorine Conundrum & Country Wines: Wine Wizard
I never use any chlorine-containing cleaning compounds in my winemaking and don’t recommend it to anyone. There are plenty of alternatives
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Pressing Issues
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Wine Yeast to Make Bread
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Light Strike in Wine?
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Pressing Issues, Making Bread with Wine Yeast and Light Strike
Dumping your pomace and finding the grapes still juice-laden after pressing is frustrating. The Wizard has some pointers for getting the mos
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Acidity & Aging
My situation is that the total acidity (TA) rises during the aging process.What could be causing this?