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Amador County Fair Home Winemakers Competition

The time is coming soon to enter the Amador County Fair Home Winemakers Competition.
You will need 1 bottle of wine and 1 dummy bottle for display.

Wine Grapes For Sale!

Grapes

Wine grapes are available for sale! Please use the links on the right hand side of this page to either Find or Advertise Wine Grapes For Sale to home winemakers.

1/2 ton bins available

Ad Title: 1/2 TON BINS
Ad Text: $50/Bin. 75 avaibable.
Call (831) 637-9170 or e-mail mike@calerawine.com for picture.

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Sulfur additions

From: Mark McKenna
Subject: Sulfur Formula

So the formula for sulfur additions using potassium metabisulfite (this is what most people just call sulfur - I'm sure it is what you are already using) is as follows:

Discovery confirms wine-making on Santorini

21 May 2006

The excavation at Akrotiri on Thera (modern-day Santorini, Greece) has given more information about viticulture in the Cyclades in the Bronze Age. Thanks to modern methods and techniques, archaeologists have concluded that Akrotiri had one of the richest collections of flora and fauna in the Aegean at that time.

Acid test - The word 'acidity' makes consumers think 'ouch,' but it's what makes a wine delicious

- W. Blake Gray, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, February 16, 2006
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Which is more acidic -- Pepsi or Dole orange juice?

You might think OJ, because of its citric acid. Yet Pepsi is more than 10 times as acidic, according to figures provided by PepsiCo, which makes both.

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