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Winemaking

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Sunday December 19th 2021

iWineMaker 

A useful reference site, provides basic winemaking information as well as calculators that provide necessary additive measurements. 

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Winemakers Guilds

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Friday February 14th 2020

Frankston Amateur Winemakers Guild 

Frankston Amateur Winemakers Guild Inc. (FAWG) is a not for profit group of like minded individuals, who produce home-made wines for their personal consumption and to share with their friends and family. 

Link Amateur Winemakers & Brewers Club of Adelaide 

The Amateur Winemakers & Brewers Club of Adelaide was established in 1972. Our members have a wealth of knowledge and home brewing experience. 

Sydney Amateur Winemakers Club

 Sydney Amateur Winemaker's Club is a club of wine lovers and home winemakers who strive to create wines they can be proud of.

NOTE: Website doesn't work with Firefox or Safari browsers. 

Alberta Amateur Winemakers

Good information on Wine styles 

British Columbia Amateur Winemakers Association

Interesting site with very useful technical articles covering general winemaking and wine evaluation.

Amateur Winemakers of Ontario 

Comprehensive list of winemaking articles covering many styles and techniques.

Wine Guild of Australia QLD

The Wine Guild is an independent, voluntary, non-profit Organisation and has been operating in Queensland since 1967. Its goal is to foster a greater knowledge and understanding of wine within the community and the hospitality industry. The Guild sets out to achieve this through educational activities and regular wine tasting events. Members and visiting Winemakers conduct these functions in a convivial atmosphere.

Magazines

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Tuesday August 27th 2019

WineMaker Magazine

This is the leading publication for the winemaking hobby reaching over 100,000 readers each issue. Launched in 1998, WineMaker covers the full gamut of the winemaking hobby, from beginners to experts, from wine kits to fresh grapes, and is published bi-monthly.

Calculators

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Tuesday September 10th 2019

Sulphite Calculator

Sulphite Calculator can assist the winemaker in calculating the correct amount of sulphite to add in order to achieve desired free SO2 levels in wine. 

Sulphite Calculator

WineMaker Magazine SO2 calculator (web version). 

Wine Calculator

WineCalc allows you to enter your grape juice details and see volume and alcoholic strength of the resulting wine. If a higher required alcoholic strength required, this can be achieved by adding sugar - chaptalisation. The required quantity of sugar and the revised wine volume is calculated.

Vinocalc

by Jonathan Musther  -  jon@musther.net

Calculators: Gravity/Density/Sugar Conversions, Temperature Conversion, Volume Conversion, Mass Conversion, Area Conversion, Alcohol Prediction (pre-ferment), Alcohol by Ebulliometry, Alcohol by Spirit Indication, Alcohol from Hydrometer & Refractometer, Monitor Ferment from Refractometer Readings, Monitor Ferment from Hydrometer Readings, Measure High (off-scale) °Brix by Dilution, Hydrometer Temperature Correction, SO2 Aspiration/Oxidation Method, Calculate Molecular SO2, Titratable Acidity, Calculate Dissolved Solids (post ferment), Simple Deacidification, Double Salt Deacidification, Chaptalisation Additions, Dilution (water addition), Fortification Point, Fortification (spirit addition), Fining Trial Based Additions, Solid Additions, Percentage-Active Solid Additions,Solution Additions

Radio

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Tuesday August 27th 2019

How to plant a grapevine

Interview with Peter Brehm, winemaker and vineyard owner. How to plant a grapevine. News of interest to winemakers or people who love wine - or both.

Starting and owning a wine supply store

Interview with Jon Mendrick of Mountain Homebrew and Wine Supply Store about starting and owning a wine supply store. We highlight the Turbo Scrubber product and begin our series on "Introduction to Wine Making" part one.

Commercial

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Tuesday August 27th 2019

Wine Diva

Internet directory of many things related to the wine industry.

Wine Robot

Search for the price/availability of a wine across a range of wine e-tailers.

Wine Titles

Multi media publishers to the wine industry including journals and books.

Health, Safety and Responsible Drinking

Creation Date: Tuesday August 27th 2019
Last Updated: Tuesday August 27th 2019

0.05 I nearly got busted

A salient story from one of our members recounting how easy it is to unwittingly be over 0.05.

Responsible drinking habits

Practical advice for responsible drinking habits from the Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation (AER)

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Creation Date: Saturday May 15th 2021
Last Updated: Saturday May 15th 2021

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