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Adding Sorbate After MLF

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Volatile Acidity Fixes

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Oxygen Ingression

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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