Tagged: chaptalize

Fixing Fruit Wine Recipes 2

Fixing Fruit Wine Recipes

I read old fruit wine recipes and one thing jumps out at me — the large amount of sugar often specified in some of these recipes. Largfe amounts of sugar produces wines with very...

Chaptalizing Wine

Chaptalizing Wine

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 level. It...