Resources for Wine & Grapes
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Home Winemaking Groups
Sierra Wine & Grape Growers Association
Placer County Wine and Grape Association
El Dorado Home Winemakers Club
Placer County Wine and Grape Association
Lodi Amateur Vintners Association
British Columbia Winemakers Association
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Periodicals/Information/Forums
Internet Journal of Viticulture and Enology
American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
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Government/Educational/Associations
Viticulture and Enology | UC Davis
UC Integrated Pest Management Program
Wine and Viticulture – Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Fresno State Viticulture and Enology
Unified Wine & Grape Symposium Home
California Association of Winegrape Growers
American Society for Enology and Viticulture
Placer-Nevada Counties – Extension Office Home Page
Women Winemakers of California
Family Winemakers of California
A Petite Sirah Advocacy Organization – P.S. I love you
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Blogs / Websites
Sierra Foothills Wineries Blog
Guild of Sommeliers Wine Podcasts
Fermentation: The Daily Wine Blog
The 9 Most Important Wine Bloggers
The Best Wine Blogs You’ve Never Heard Of
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Winery Supplies
Store It Cold – Home of the CoolBot!
Lallemand Wine – Yeast Selected from Nature
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Wine Competitions
The Bottle Shock Open | Home Winemaking Competition
El Dorado County Fair – Homemade Wine Competition
Orange CountyFair/OCWS Home Winemaker Competition
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Wineries
Chacewater Winery & Olive Mill
Amador Wine Grape Growers Home
Amador Vintner’s Association Home
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Testing Labs
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
Sunland Analytical – horticultural/environmental consulting.
Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.
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Nurseries
UC Davis: Foundation Plant Services
Commercial Grapevine Nurseries
Novavine – Services & Resources
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Vineyard Supplies
Deer Fence Deer Fencing Systems Deerbusters.com
Critterfence Poly Deer Fencing Page
Wilson Orchard and Vineyard Supply
Drip Irrigation – The Drip Store
Irrigation Design – Landscape Sprinkler System Design Tutorial
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Winery Files (View or Download)
The following are Excel, Word or PDF files for Winemaking chemistry calculations.
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Wine Sulfite Calculator (Excel)
An Excel spreadsheet for you to download that will help you to determine adjustments and additives for your next red winemaking effort. Simply plug in weight of harvested fruit, desired ranges for sugar and acid, and the spreadsheet will give you an idea of how much yeast, sulfite, ML bacteria, and other ingredients to consider adding at crush. (“For amusement purposes only!”) Please note that calculations are based loosely on information from various winemaking books and do not necessarily match advice given by expert winemakers in our group. The intent is to give you a sanity check on amounts of ingredients and to use as a basis for creating your own winemaking spreadsheet. Enjoy! Created by Guy Lauterbach
SO2 Based on pH Table (PDF)
Download this PDF table that shows you proper sulfite additions based on wine pH. Separate tables for red and white/rose wines. Indicates desired free SO2 based on wine pH, along with amounts of sulfite solution or powder to add per liter of wine. Keep your wines preserved with optimum sulfite levels and they will be better wines! Created by Jacques Mercier
SO2 Calculator (Excel)
Handy Excel spreadsheet that calculates your SO2 additions for you. Simply enter wine properties such as wine type (red or white), volume, pH and current sulfite level and it will tell you how much sulfite to add in order to keep your wine properly protected. As we said above, keep your wines preserved with optimum sulfite levels and they will be better wines! Created by Guy Lauterbach
Wine Fermentation Calculator (Excel)
Yet another useful calculator to estimate winemaking values from start to finish.
Created by Guy Lauterbach: Revised 8/6/2019
The following are PDF files of Winemaking slideshow presentations from SWGGA meetings or informational handouts for various subjects.
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Barrel Alternative (Slides) (PDF)
Presented by Dr. Jeff Murrell of StaVin Inc.
Basic Winemaking (Slides) (PDF)
Presented March 20, 2014
Fining (Slides) (PDF)
By Peter Anderson of Scott Laboratories – Laffort
Fining/Filtering (Slides) (PDF)
From Jim Garrett on Fining and Filtering Basics
Practical Wine Analysis (Slides) (PDF)
Presented October 17, 2013
SO2 Measurement (Slides) (PDF)
Free SO2 Determination by Dave Elliott
Sulfite Management (Slides) (PDF)
Jacques Mercier On Sulfite Management – May 2007
Transition to Commercial Winery (Slides) (PDF)
Presentation given by Jacques Mercier on 5/19/2011
Volatile Acidity (Slides) (PDF)
Jacques Mercier on Volatile Acidity – November 2008
Wine Acids (Slides) (PDF)
Jacques Mercier’s talk on Wine Acidity – November 2007
Wine and Food Pairings (PDF)
A Rod Byers presentation
Bottling with Bob Hilsman (PDF)
Notes from a Zoom Meeting in July 2020 with Bob Hilsman discussing bottling.
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Vineyard Files (View or Download)
The following are Excel files for Vineyard Development calculations
Click on the title to download
Vineyard Component Calculator (Excel)
Created by Guy Lauterbach – January 2009
Vineyard Cost Estimator (Excel)
Created by Guy Lauterbach – January 2009
The following are PDF files of Vineyard Management from a presentation by Cindy Fake on February 20, 2020
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Cindy Fake Vineyard Presentation Feb 20 (PDF) – Vineyard Pest Management presentation
Grapevine Red Blotch Update 2019 (PDF) – Recent Vineyard Report on Red Blotch Disease
Management Guidelines for Eutypa Dieback on Grape Vines (PDF) – Recent Report on Eutypa Dieback
Management Guidelines for Birds on Grapes(PDF) – Guidelines for Birds and Grape Vines
Mulching in Vineyards (PDF) – Guidelines for Mulching in Vine Rows
Soil Analysis (PDF) – Report on Soil Analysis
Foothill Hedgerow Species (PDF) – Report on Foothill Hedgerow Species
Soil Texture by Feel (.docx) – How to Determine theMoisture Content of your Soil
The following are PDF files of Vineyard Management slideshow presentations from SWGGA meetings or informational handouts for various subjects.
All About Wells (Slides) (PDF) – Comprehensive Well discussion by Evelyn Soltero, MS
