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Evaluating Wine “Numbers”
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The Oak Necessities, Wine “Numbers,” and Stalled MLF
Just like many aspects of winemaking, decisions need to be made about how much you’re willing to invest and oak barrels are one of the big
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The Oak Necessities
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Carbs in Wine & Bottle Styles: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Leaking Corks & Special Enzymes: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Fruit Flies & Hot Petite Sirah: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Weird Wines & Fish Tanks: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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High-pH Wine, Stabilizing Whites and Cucumber Wine
Higher pH wine can be easily fixed . . . but the question is, should they be? As is often the case, the answer is sometimes. The Wiz digs de
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Concentrate vs. Acid Blend & Filtering Concerns: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Dry Wine & Mystery Grapes: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Vanilla and Fluted Bottles: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Sulfite-Free Wine & A Cool Quandry: Wine Wizard
The Wine Wizard answers questions from readers.
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Cooking Corks & Mead “Demustified”: Wine Wizard
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Choosing Yeast, Boosting Alcohol: Wine Wizard
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Stench of Sulfur & Excess CO2: Wine Wizard
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Fizzy Wine & Gravity Readings: Wine Wizard
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Wrecked Riesling & Adding Oak: Wine Wizard
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Cloudy Chardonnay & Lambrusco Grapes: Wine Wizard
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Adding Sugar & Wine Kit Chemicals: Wine Wizard
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Sugar Content & Malolactic Fermentation: Wine Wizard
I have been making wines for more than 20 years, but I have a problem with initial sugar determinations, added sugar requirements and subseq
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The Solera System & Copper Caution: Wine Wizard
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Killer Bacteria & pH: Wine Wizard
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Adding Oak & Rehydrating Yeast: Wine Wizard
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Locating Grapes & Cleaning Presses: Wine Wizard
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Feeding Your Yeast & Elderberries: Wine Wizard