Questions tagged [red-wine]
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How to avoid need for sulfites in home winemaking?
I'm learning about the basics of red wine making from this guide. I have campden tablets (potassium metabisulfate), but I'm really hoping to avoid using sulfites at all.
Because I'm doing a very small batch for myself, I can afford to put in a…
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Typical Sur-Lies Aging Mixing Schedule for Red Wine
I want to explore sur-lies aging for a red wine (zinfandel) but am not always able to adhere to a strict schedule. How tolerant are mixing schedules to time changes? What kind of schedule is common for red wine? One per month for 8 months? Do I…
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Homemade blackberry wine
I made some blackberry wine last year. I tasted sone last night and there is a very slight fizz to it, is it at all possible to get rid of this fizz, if so how? I'm clearly a total novice, and any help/advice is very much appreciated indeed!
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How to quantify tannin level in red wine?
I just tasted a wine that has much silkier tannins than I've ever tasted before. Is there a way to quantify the 'silkiness' of tannins in that wine vs another? Is it the average length of the tannin molecule? Would I need a gas chromatography mass…
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Continuously punching down the cap?
I see some references say to punch down the cap twice per day, some three or four, some variable throughout the primary fermentation.
Is there a limit to how often I should punch down? Something negative that bounds how often to punch? What if a…
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