About Scheduling a Private Instruction

This is Lesson 5 of our home winemaking lesson plan. Our private instruction lesson plans are instruction only.  They do not include beverage/food production on site or any beverage/food handling. 

Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Sulfiting

Approximate lesson time: 40-60 minutes

This Lesson 5 Plan Includes:

• General discussion of turning a dirty agricultural product into a sterile, uncontaminated wine
• Cleaning and sanitizing basics, including how to properly clean raw wood items
• Sulfite Overview
• Demonstration: Mixing a sulfite solution
• Determining usage rate
• SO2 Chemistry
• SO2 Management Best Practices
• Testing for Free SO2
• Tasting for Fress SO2