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Winemaking

Winemaking or vinification is the making of wine from some sort of fruit or produce. All questions about the process, ingredients, equipment and history can be found here.

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Can you make old wineskins new?

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No, old wineskins cannot be made new. They lose their flexibility and elasticity over time, making them unsuitable for holding new wine as they are prone to breaking. It is recommended to use new wineskins for fresh wine.

What is in a wine making kit?

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Once can buy a wine making kit from any wine making store such as Wine Experts Kitchener South, Home Brew It, and Midwest Supplies. A wine making kit may be purchased through Ebay or through Amazon as well.

Can you legally make wine?

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To get a federal winery permit with the TTB (which will allow you to produce wine), you must be 21 years of age. You'll need a federal basic permit if you are producing wine that will be introduced into commerce.

Can fleischmann's rapid rise yeast be used for home wine making?

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Yes, it most certainly can. I have successfully made several gallons of wine using Fleischmann's Instant Dry Yeast. This has worked out well because I can buy 2 1Lb. packages for less than $5 at Sam's Club (you can also use rapid rise, but it cost a whole lot more in those small packages), 1 Gallon of 100% Concord grape juice at Wal-Mart for less than $5 and makes a decent table wine (April 08). Recipe To make a semi sweet wine: Take 1 gal 100% grape juice (other juices will work equally well, but sugar amounts calculated on grape juice), Pour off 1 cup to make room for sugar, Add 3/4 cups of sugar to juice, shake well to dissolve all sugar. Add 1/2 teaspoon Yeast into container, allowing yeast to float on surface for 15 minutes to hydrate. Shake juice to mix in yeast. Loosen the lid so that it is just starting to seal, must allow carbon dioxide to escape, but not let in air. Set container in cool place (59-77 degrees f) for 3 or 4 days. Next add 1 level cup of sugar to wine. Be careful as wine may foam up from carbonation, you may need to pour some in a separate container temporarily, and then pour back. Replace in cool place. When all bubbling has stopped (7 days to 6weeks) you have approximately %12.5 alcohol content wine (25 proof). Pour (decant) the liquid to another container carefully to avoid disturbing the yeast in the bottom. Discard yeast and small amount of wine that remains. Allow particles (if any) to settle in new container for several hours and repeat decant process if wine is not clear enough for you. Drink responsibly and in moderation, this wine has a kick! A glass a day is healthy, more may not be. PS:If this is too strong a tasting wine you can cut the grape juice in half (half gallon each of grape juice and water). Follow the same directions only add 2 ¼ cups sugar before adding yeast, all other quantities remain the same and cuts your cost in half and still produces a great wine! For the adventuresome you can add small amounts of spices, herbs or even sterilized oak chips, (in a small mesh bag for easy removal), to create different flavors. If you like a dryer wine (less sweet) reduce the second sugar amount added by 1/4 cup increments, experiment and have fun!

Can you use instant yeast for making wine?

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No, yeast is a living organism (bacteria). If you boil it, you will kill it and it will not transform the sugar into alcohol, making it useless.

At what temperature is active yeast killed?

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Answerbelow 50 F is too low, and above 140 F is too high. 80 to 90 F is perfect

*Yeast cannot die below 50 F. If that where true then we would not be able to freeze unbaked bread dough and that is something I do on a regular basis therefore the low temp must be lower than freezing.
around 70 celcius, when its enzymes start denaturing

How do you make muscat wine?

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Moscato is a sweet wine that is low in alcohol. It is made from the Moscato Bianco grape. It's an Italian sparkling wine that is produced in the province of Asti in north-western Italy.

What do yeast cells use as a food source in breadmakingand winemaking?

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Bacteria and yeast use to make beer and wine is "Alcoholic fermentation".

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What is potassium sorbate used for in wine making?

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It is used to stabilize a wine to prevent it from starting the second (malolactic) fermentation. It should be used together with potassium metabisulfite to avoid producing a bad smell called "geranium smell".

Why is yeast used in making beer and wine?

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BEER

Yeast anaerobically( without oxygen) ferments the sugar in wort( broken down maltose and water), producing alcohol and carbon dioxide. Hops are added to give it a bitter taste and then there's your beer!

What are the steps to making solvent extraction?

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The following steps to be taken in solvent extraction 1.Take out the sample, filtrate it and measure the density. Analysis to be done for the metal/component which is to be extracted. If more components are presented then analysis to be done for all components 2.Select the solvent which is suitable for the sample 3.Prepare solvent with diluents or modifiers 4.Measure the solvent density 5.Both solvent and sample densityies should not be same 6.Take measured quantity of sample and solvents in a separating funnel 7.Shake it 5-10 minutes or until equilibrium achieved 8.After equilibrium achieved separate the organic and aquous layers in to separate beakers 9.Analysis to be done for the metal/component which is to be extracted. If more components are presented then analysis to be done for all components 10.This analysis to be done in raffinate. 11.In extract layer do the stripping and and separate the solvent. 12.Mutual solubilito be calculated in extract and raffinate layers 13.The analysis described above is to be followed for stripped solution also. 14.The stripped organic to be analyzed and re use it. 15.Calculate the loading capacity of organic 16.Calculate the selectivity 17.Using date draw the equilibrium diagram 18.Calculate the stages required using Mc Cabe diagram

Study of wine is?

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The study, science and production of grapes is called Viticulture.

What does 'turpentine taste' mean?

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A volatile pungent oil distilled from gum turpentine or pine wood, used in mixing paints and varnishes and in liniment. Hope this helped!!

Does the color of a wine bottle have an effect on the wine itself?

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Yes, light can alter the chemical content of the wine and alter its flavour and colour. If you leave your clothes out in the sun they will fade, a similar process is involved here.

However light coloured bottles which let more light through will not be a problem if you intend to drink the wine soon. If you are planning to cellar wine for a long time you will need a dark coloured bottle, or a dark cellar.

What is refuse from wine making called used to make brandy?

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The refuse itself is called pomace. It consists of the non-fruit parts of the grape, like the skins and stems. Fermented pomace goes by various names, such as grappa in Italy and Marc in France.

How do you thaw frozen champagne bottle?

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With ice. The first way to chill champagne is to place the bottle in a refrigerator for a couple hours, although you should not store your bottle in the fridge for much longer than that. The ideal temperature for serving champagne is between 43-48 degrees fahrenheit. If you need a quick way to chill your champagne, place it in a bucket or container with ice, water, and a handful of salt, which reduces the temperature and speeds the chilling process. By the way, never put your bottle in the freezer as a quick chilling method; it will mess up the champagne's alcohol balance.

What are the stages of making wine?

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After the harvest, the grapes are crushed and allowed to ferment. Red wine is made from the must (pulp) of red or black grapes that undergo fermentation together with the grape skins, while white wine is usually made by fermenting juice pressed from white grapes, but can also be made from must extracted from red grapes with minimal contact with the grapes' skins. Rosé wines are made from red grapes where the juice is allowed to stay in contact with the dark skins long enough to pick up a pinkish color, but little of the tannins contained in the skins. During this primary fermentation, which often takes between one and two weeks, yeast converts most of the sugars in the grape juice into ethanol (alcohol). After the primary fermentation, the liquid is transferred to vessels for the secondary fermentation. Here, the remaining sugars are slowly converted into alcohol and the wine becomes clear. Wine is then allowed to age in oak barrels before bottling, which add extra aromas to the wine, while others are bottled directly. The time from harvest to drinking can vary from a few months for Beaujolais nouveau wines to over twenty years for top wines. However, only about 10% of all red and 5% of white wine will taste better after five years than it will after just one year. Depending on the quality of grape and the target wine style, some of these steps may be combined or omitted to achieve the particular goals of the winemaker. Many wines of comparable quality are produced using similar but distinctly different approaches to their production; quality is dictated by the attributes of the starting material and not necessarily the steps taken during vinification.

Sugar content in wine?

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Wine contains very, very little sugar.

Unless it's a sweet wine, then up to about 50g/L

How many glasses of wine in every bottle of wine?

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There are 25.4 ounces to a bottle if you pour a 5 ounce glass the is 5. Pour a 6 ounce glass the is 4 with a little left over for the host.

6 It would be just over 6 servings if you poured a suggested 4 oz serving, but that is pretty small. A standard pour at a bar or restaurant is about 6 oz, so figure about 4 -5 glasses. 750ml (regular size) bottle=25.4 oz

A standard drink is:

  • A 12-ounce bottle or can of regular beer
  • A 5-ounce glass of dinner wine
  • A one and 1/2 ounce of 80 proof distilled spirits (either straight or in a mixed drink)

Standard drinks contain 0.6 ounce of absolute alcohol and to a breathalyzer they're all the same. Thus, standard drinks exhibit alcohol equivalence.

What microbe is used to make wine?

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Saccharicmeces Cervaeces, Known to you and I as Yeast is the primary microbe used in the making of alcoholic beverages. It is the same yeast (Although a different strain) as what is used in the breadmaking process.

What is the chemical process that results in alcohol production in winemaking and brewing beer?

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The Ethyl alcohol (or ethanol) in wine and beer is the product from alcohol fermentation, where yeast convert the sugars into ethanol, commonly known as ethyl alcohol, and carbon dioxide (as a by-product).

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What are the names some wines that begin with the letter X?

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  • X Winery X3 Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Xanadu Chardonnay
  • Xarmant Arabako Txakolina
  • Xisto
  • XYZin Old Vine Zinfandel