British Columbia Artisan Winemakers Association
Technical Articles
- The Use of SO2 in Winemaking, by Charles Plant
- Acid Control in Winemaking, by Charles Plant
- Malolactic Fermentation, by Bill Collings
- Potassium Sorbate, by Bill Collings
- Acid/pH Adjustment, by Bill Collings
- Hydrogen Sulphide and its Derivatives, by Bill Collings
- Corks
- Fining and Fining Agents, by Bill Collings
- Why are pH and TA not Proportional?, by Charles Plant
- SO2 Additions Table, by Charles Plant
- pH Without Pain, by J.E.Underhill
- Grape Varieties and Blending
- Flaws and Faults in Wine, by George Gibson and Mike Farkas
- Words To Describe Wine
- Winemaker Log
- Wine Score Sheet
- The YAN Calculator (Nanaimo Winemakers website)
Seminar Notes
- 2008 Red Wine From Grape to Bottle, by Dan Jones
- 2010 Preventing and Fixing a Stuck Fermentation, by Sigrid Gertsen-Briand
- 2012 Tweaking Medal Wines, by Axel Kroitzsch
- 2012 Judging Points, by Axel Kroitzsch
Other Wine Links
Winemaking Supplies
- Bosagrape Winery & Brew Supplies One of the top Winery and Beer supply companies in BC
- Accuvin Immediate test results for wine processing and food processing
- MoreBeer Will ship small quantities of wine and beer making supplies
- Scott Labs Fermentation Handbooks Scott Labs Fermentation Handbooks - All you want to know about yeasts and fermentation
Winemaking Information and Tools
- Vinoenology A collection of winemaking calculators
- Amphora A powerful application that is used to track and manage the winemaking process.
Wine Kit Manufacturers
- Winexpert "Winexpert, the world's foremost supplier of premium wine kits."
- Vineco "Vineco International Products is one of Canada's leading and largest manufacturers of premium quality wine kits."
Wine Regions
Other Wine Links
- History of British Columbia Winemaking by Doug Sloan
- Gismondi On Wine Top 10 wines in BC. Best wines in Canada, best imported wine. This site has them all.
- Home Winemakers Manual Lum Eisenman's winemaking manual. If it's about wine you will find it here.
- The Wine/Enology Group A grape chemistry group that is part of the Department of Food Science and Technology at Virginia provides on-line Publications and Current Topics in Enology
- Winepress The Largest Home Wine Making & Grape Growing Discussion Forum on the Internet
- Wine Reference Resource - Cellarnotes.net Tasting, food & wine, holding glasses, serving temperatures, storing, grape varieties, sulphites, corked wines and more about wine.
- Corkscrew Inn wine museum This site not only is dedicated to devices used to remove a cork from a bottle but it also houses many antique items used in the vineyard, in wine production, as well as items used to bottle and consume wine.
- Heinrich Cooperage Australian barrel makers. Some good information about barrel maintenance.
- Wine Business Online The leading information and services provider for the global wine industry.
- The Wine, Beer, and Cheesemaking Shop A complete winemaking guide including information on spoilage: Brettanomyces and Pediococous.
- Into Wine Exploring the World of Wine. M2 Communications Wine Education Center
- NEOCORK The first cork company actually created by winemakers.
- Don Buchan's Recipes The page is not pretty but it's loaded with wine recipes.
- University of California - Davis Viticulture and Enology
- Wines.com The Web's premier site for consumers, collectors and wine lovers.
- Wine Lovers' Page Welcome to the oldest, largest and most popular independent wine-appreciation site on the World Wide Web
- The Alchemist Dr. Alexander (Al) J. Pandell brings you reliable wine information and reviews from the perspective of a scientist through discussion of timely topics, fresh opinions and a unique system of wine review.
- CorkscrewNet the home for wine enthusiasts and corkpullers.
- Corkscrew Centre A review of book about Corkscrews.
- Winemaker Magazine Nice site with a good selection of stories, tips, projects and recipes. Check out the handy Sulphite Calculator.