Cherry Cognac, June 2021
Post last updated: 07/03/2021 Lorraine & I had a bit of miscommunication. She bought a 2 lb bag of cherries … and so did I. The bag she purchased was getting overripe, so I...
Monthly Archive: June 2021
Successful Red Blends
Updated 29 October 2024 On Wine Making Talk, a common question regards what wines to use in making blends, and in what proportions. Granted, each batch of wine is different so there’s no guaranteed...
Cold Stabilization
updated 06/22/2021 One common method of reducing tartaric acid in wine is “cold stabilization”, also called “cold crashing”. This is performed by chilling the wine, holding at a lower temperature for a period of...
Chaptalizing Wine
updated 01/12/2022 I was recently asked how to chaptalize a must* prior to fermentation. Chaptalization is adding sugar to a must that is low in sugar, to increase the sugar level to a desired...
Site Update 06/2021
I have migrated white papers from my old site to this one. The white papers have been migrated mostly as-is, although I realize I need to update them. All of the links in these...