Here’s just a few of the excellent websites that are available on the web. Send us your favorites and we’ll add them to the list.

Amateur Winemakers Canada:
http://littlefatwino.com/awc.html

Little Fat Wino:
www.littlefatwino.com

Virginia Tech Enology Site:

Excellent technical information here as well as the sign up for “Enology Notes”, a free electronic newsjournal that covers practical grape and wine technology issues.
www.fst.vt.edu/extension/enology/index.html.com

Cornell University Flavour Database:

Want to make up your own wine sensory aroma samples? This site from Cornell University lists about 100 different recipes.
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/fst/faculty/acree/fs430/aromalist/

Lallemand’s Cellar:

Excellent technical information on yeast and bacteria as well as product listings from Lallemand, a Canadian yeast company
http://www.lallemand.com/home/eng/index.shtm

Scott Labs:

Another excellent site with information on yeast and other winemaking products.
http://www.scottlab.com/home.asp

Strat’s Place:

Information on everything you can imagine about wine, including an excellent database of winegrapes.
http://www.stratsplace.com/hawkins/wgg.html (wine grape glossary)
http://www.stratsplace.com/wine.shtml

Sulphite Calculator:

http://www.fermsoft.com/sulphite.html

An excellent tool. This downloadable calculator will make sulphite additions foolproof. It can calculate based on total free SO2 or molecular levels.

Winecalc:

http://www.geocities.com/mipeman/winecalc.html

Another excellent downloadable tool. This one makes most common winemaking calculations foolproof:

•    Calculate the amount of sugar that needs to be added to archieve a particular target SG or alcohol content in the finished wine.
•    Calculates the SG or alcohol content that is abtained by adding a particular amount of sugar to the must.
•    Calculates acidity adjustments
•    Calculates the proportions, in which to blend two wines.
•    Convert various measurements between the Metric, US and Imperial systems.