Vinoferm Precision Vinometer

Purchase Vinoferm Precision Vinometer

A vinometer is a piece apparatus that consist of an open, graduated glass tube with a small filling resevoir.

The vinometer's reservoir or funnel is filled with a small amount of wine being tested until some wine exits out at the other end

It is then turned around and placed on a flat surface, filling resevoir side down, and allowed to self drain.

The alcohol concentration level is read of the vinometer's scale, on the capillary, at the top of the liquid being measured, in %v/v alcohol.

The level of the liquid is determined by the modifying affect that alcohol has on the interfacial tension between water and glass and the opposing surface tension of water.

The greater the alcohol concentration the less marked the liquids capillary action and the lower it will sit in the tube of the vinometer.

The vinometer is calculated on the basis of pure alcohol and water solutions, whereas wine is not a pure water/alcohol solution and the accuracy of a vinometer can not be relied upon.

Sugar interferes with the interfacial effects that a vinometer's action relies on and hence the method can only be applied to dry wines.

Similarly other components in wine can also interfere with accurate measurements.

As a rough approximation of the wine alcohol content, the use of a vinometer with an internal triangular cross section has been reported to give improved accuracy.

When measuring white wine, the addition of a red dye allows better visualization of the wine level. However the dye should not contain alcohol or components that would interfere with the measurement.

Purchase Vinoferm Precision Vinometer

Narrow Range Hydrometer -- Accurate measurement of ending gravities. Measures specific gravities within the narrow range of 0.980 to 1.020. Delicate instrument.

Hydrometer Test Jar -- Float your hydrometer in it. Allows accurate sighting of readings. Clear plastic with base. Inside Dia. 1 3/8" X 10" tall

Digital pH Meter -- Electronic pH meter. Easy to read and use. Proper acidity in a wine is of the utmost importance. . Wine low in acidity is most always flat, medicinal, and insipid. Wine that is overly acidic is usually tart. **Requires calibrating solution**

Accuvin Ph Test Kit -- pH Quick Tests - Making pH Monitoring Efficient for Everyone

Ph Meter Calibrating Solutions (set of 3) -- Used to calibrate your pH meter. Contains 3 solutions of different pH.

Acid Test Kit - Titration -- The flavor of the wine has to be balanced. If there is too much acid the wine will be puckering and sour. If there is too little acid, the wine will taste flat and insipid, what wine writers like to call 'flabby'. (Click for details & instructions)

Sodium Hydroxide Refill -- Refill for acid test kit. Contains sodium hydroxide

Accuvin L-Lactic Acid Test Kit -- The L-Lactic Acid Kit is intended for measuring the L-lactic acid in wines to ensure that malolactic fermentation has begun.

Accuvin Residual Sugar Test Kit -- Used to estimate the amount of sugar left in your wine AFTER fermentation. The ACCUVIN Residual Sugar Kit tests only for fructose and glucose sugars, the sugars reduced in primary fermentation. The test range is 100 - 2,000 mg/L.

Acid Test Paper for Wine -- 100 pH test strips. Specially for wines. Test range is pH 2.8 - 4.4 Proper acidity in a wine is of the utmost importance. . Wine low in acidity is most always flat, medicinal, and insipid. Wine that is overly acidic is usually tart. Measure your pH!

Indicator Solution -- Refill for acid testing kit. Contains phenolphthalein.

VinoFerm Iodic Solution - 100mL -- Measures free sulfite in must (juice) and wine, using the VinoFerm acidometer kit.

Precision Ph Test Strips - pkg of 50 -- Tests pH in the range of 1-14

Vinometer -- A vinometer is used to measure alcohol in finished wines. If you didn't take your original gravity reading on your beer or wine, you can give it a try. The trouble with vinometers is that they're not very accurate and only really work in a narrow range .

Wine Thief 1 Pc. Plastic -- Clear plastic. Dip into wine, cover the end with your thumb, withdraw sample. Works WAY better than a baster for withdrawing your sample.

Wine Thief 1 Pc. Pyrex -- NEW!! Clear Pyrex. 24" slanted handle. Dip into wine, cover the end with your thumb, withdraw sample. Works WAY better than a baster for withdrawing your sample.

Wine Thief Self-Filling, Return -- Draws sample allowing you to take hydrometer (and other) readings. Releases sample back into fermentor when done. Nifty, useful equipment item!