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My woes with testing TA

Yesterday I was testing pH and TA on a must and, AGAIN, I got low pH (3.35) and low TA (0.4%). This had happened to me...
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posted by cuminato
15 comments posted 20yrs posted by cuminato

Using grapes in kits?

My family is starting a small vineyard in the hopes of having a running winery down the road. I'm interested in doing h...
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posted by chrisdelay
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by chrisdelay

co-pigmentation

Syrah and Viognier are often cited as a grape combination where co-pigmentation is observed. Does anyone know of other c...
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posted by rddamiani
6 comments posted 20yrs posted by rddamiani

Gloppy parsnip

I think something's gone wrong with my parsnip wine. As usual, I cut up the roots and soaked them in boiling water for...
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posted by manawydan
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Can anyone help identify these grapes?

Up in wisconsin I have (I, and a dozen other members of the family, though they dont know it) 10 acres of land, with ab...
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posted by mr.wolfie
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by mr.wolfie

Wine Chemistry

Have you ever opened a bottle of drink soft drink, wine, beer, juice, or similar and found that it is not quite right....
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posted by molab
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by molab

VINUMPRESS.COM announce free media resource

VINUMPRESS.COM announce a free news and press release database for businesses and media world winde, allowing wine busi...
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posted by vinum
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by vinum

Apples and Wine

Just received this from a friend. Thought I'd share... ;-) Apples and Wine Women are like apples on trees. The best one...
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posted by Sasquatch
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by Sasquatch

Limoncello recipe

Here is the process that can be used to make this. True Limoncello is made with high alcohol spirits and very specific...
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posted by joe_sallo
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Aging

I've made a wine from a kit. I have it bottled now and the instructions said that you could drink it right away but it t...
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posted by unknown
9 comments posted 20yrs posted by unknown

Fermentation Question

Hi All, This is my first time on this group and i gotta say it seems really good! I've successfully done 3 or 4 wine ki...
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posted by scottluby
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by scottluby

Dates On Wine

What, exactly does the date on a commercial wine bottle signify? is it the date of bottling or date oor date when they...
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posted by mdginzo
16 comments posted 20yrs posted by mdginzo

Sugar addition

I have a 2000 lbs of Washington cab/sav grapes from the freezer. The brix is 21 I am thinking about adding some sugar b...
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posted by jimrobertson
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by jimrobertson

Cranberry wine is still bitter

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posted by rockobonaparte
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by rockobonaparte