About Scheduling a Private Instruction

This is Lesson 7 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. 

Malolactic Fermentation

Approximate lesson time: 40-60 minutes

This Lesson 7 Plan Includes:

• How does malolactic fermentation work, and it's history
• Optional: sensory wine tasting with malic and lactic acid
• When should you perform MLF, and when should you not?
• How to stimulate ML bacteria
• Selecting a malolactic bacteria strain
• How to inhibit ML bacteria
• About diacetyl and how to manage it
• Best practices of MLF fermentation
• How to determine if MLF fermentation has completed