Winemaking Calculators

Fermentation
Specific Gravity & Brix conversions, Yeast & Nutrients addition, Unit Conversion table

Chaptalization & Water dilution
Sugar content adjustment & Water addition

SO₂ addition
Liquid SO₂ solution & Potassium metabisulfite addition, Molecular SO₂ table, SO₂ reduction

Acid addition
Tartaric, Malic & Citric acid addition, Deacidification

Fining & Oak addition
Copper addition, Clarification & Oak addition

Fortification
Alcohol addition

Wine Blending & Cost calculator
Blending & Wine cost calculation

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Wine in new bottles - or cans

Hamburg - Pour a good red wine from a plastic-lined box with a tube for a dispenser and many people would say a cozy evening in front of the fireplace has been ruined. Even worse, is the notion of popping open a can to let the sparkling wine flow.For many wine drinkers this might border on sacrilege...

China’s Wine Industry to Grow by Over 18%

(PR Log) – As per the recently released report “China Wine Industry by 2014”, the wine industry in China was valued at RMB 22 Billion in 2009 and it is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of over 18% during 2010-2014. As per this research report China has witnessed a radical shift in the consumpt...

French law drives country’s first television wine channel into exile

You might think that French officials would have raised their glasses in celebration of a project to create the first Gallic television channel dedicated to wine. Instead, they appear intent on driving the station into exile, possibly to Britain, after deciding that it will fall foul of the toughes...

Asian Fly Detected in Northwest Vineyards

Oregon -Northwest grapegrowers are preparing to fight new invasive pests threatening their vineyards. One of the least understood of these invaders is spotted-wing drosophila (D. suzukii), a species native to Asia that was initially reported in California in 2008. Grapegrowers in Oregon’s Upper W...

RNDC Enters into Agreement with National Wine and Spirits

Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC) and National Wine & Spirits (NWS) announced yesterday an agreement in which RNDC will acquire certain assets of NWS, LLC, Indiana. Tom Cole, president of RNDC-USA says, "This is an exciting day for both Republic National and National Wine & Spirits of In...

California vineyards face foreclosure

Some California vineyards are facing foreclosure this year, with many reporting 2009 as their 'worst year' ever. The wine division of the Silicon Valley Bank said some foreclosures could be expected in 2010, continuing a trend which began last year. 'We expect to see more “bargain transition...

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