Technical Articles

This section includes separate Winemaking guides for Grape wines and Country wines, especially written with the beginner in mind.  There are a wide variety of articles covering relatively more advanced techniques such as making sparkling wines, measuring the Free SO2 content of your wine, the finer points of making white wines (pros and cons, oxidation).
The “Summary” series of articles are linked to the EDWG Home Winemaking Guide, but are also stand-alone articles covering key parts of the winemaking process such as SO2, yeast fermentation, Malolactic fermentation, Acidity and pH, Cleaning and Sanitation, Fining and Stabilisation, racking, oak and other fundamental topics. These are the basics of winemaking technique in which every winemaker, amateur or professional, must become “unconsciously” skilled.

# Article Title Date Author Hits
1 Airlocks and Bungs 30 Dec 2009 Stan Gower 1361
2 Cleaning and Sanitising 17 Nov 2009 Gary Campanella 2601
3 Cork Care 30 Dec 2009 Stan Gower 670
4 Fining and Stabilisation 15 Mar 2010 Bruce Black 1663
5 Malolactic Fermentation 20 Nov 2009 Stan Gower 2707
6 Measures, quantities and units 20 Nov 2009 Stan Gower 1547
7 Oak and Home Winemaking 15 Feb 2010 Michael Williamson 2127
8 Oxidation 20 Nov 2009 Gary Campanella 1729
9 pH - Related to Acidity 17 Nov 2009 Stan Gower 1599
10 Pros and Cons During White Wine Making 20 Nov 2009 Reon Vuglar 1714
11 Racking 30 Dec 2009 Stan Gower 1053
12 Red Wine Making Process Chart 30 Dec 2009 Gary Campanella 1569
13 Smelly Wines 20 Nov 2009 Paul Finn 622
14 Sulphur Dioxide 20 Nov 2009 Stan Gower 2896
15 Tannin Additions 17 Jul 2010 Bruce Black 687
16 Testing and Adjusting Acid Balance 08 May 2010 George Wright 573
17 Testing your wine for free SO2 20 Nov 2009 Bruce Black 2803
18 White Wine Making Process Chart 20 Nov 2009 Gary Campanella 1034
19 White Winemaking and Oxidation 20 Nov 2009 George Wright 2237
20 Yeast Fermentation 20 Nov 2009 Gary Campanella 2159