Question:
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a nice white wine. I am just a beginner at this wine making and would like to brew a mellow, sweet wine. I don’t like very dry wines and would actually prefer a sparkling wine. I have been told to add wine conditioner to taste for sweetness. Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated.
Response:
I have been told to add wine conditioner to taste for sweetness. Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated.
Ask your supplier for a grape variety that ferments out a little sweet. Sorbate your wine just as it gets below 1.000 Sorbate your wine properly, then add a sulphited sugar syrup (2 parts sugar 1 part water) Don Winemaking Web site: http://www.cam.org/~malak/guide.html Winemaking FTP site: ftp.cam.org/users/malak/wine Rover Crew Web site: http://www.cam.org/~malak/missing.html Scouting FTP site: ftp.cam.org/users/malak/scouting Firestarter FAQ: http://www.cam.org/~malak/waxfaq.html Star Trek Web site: http://www.cam.org/~malak/startrek.html Star Trek FTP site: ftp.cam.org/users/malak/startrek Missing Link Rover Crew, Brossard (Montreal) Quebec Canada
Response:
I was wondering if anyone could suggest a nice white wine. I am just a beginner at this wine making and would like to brew a mellow, sweet wine. I don’t like very dry wines and would actually prefer a sparkling wine. I have been told to add wine conditioner to taste for sweetness. Any tips and tricks would be greatly appreciated.
You can stop the fermentation at 1.005 to give you a wine with some residual sugar. Another way is to reserve some of the juice (about 15%) and add it back to the fermented wine (this is called SUSS RESERVE sic) or sweet reserve. You will have to stabilize the juice othewise you will initiate refermentation. The addition of wine conditioner is OK but in the long run, not as pleasant as the real juice or stopping ferm.. Paul Jean Jr. Publisher BETTER WINEMAKING MAGAZINE
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