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SOILCOHEN & CELLAR REMI showers, eyewash stations, fire extinguishers and a spill kit. Waste disposal for sharps, glass, cardboard and hazardous materials also is required. All winery labs need to have storage space, with separate areas for different types of reagents (wet, dry, refrigerated, flammable, caustic) and supplies such as pipettes, graduated cylinders, hydrometers, scales, thermometers, etc. To make these items easy to access requires an array of shelves, cabinets and drawers. It's a good idea to have a refrigerator, freezer, sink and drying racks, and access to certain gases, depending on the types of analyses that will be run. A winery can never have enough glassware for tasting and blending, so make sure to provide room and budget for stemware. If you plan to do sensory trials on cork in the lab, you will need a couple hundred little jars with lids, and the space to lay these trials out. BASIC NEEDS The winery will need to decide what analyses it plans to run and what equipment it will require, versus outsourcing analyses that are expensive and/or time-consuming, or perhaps run infrequently. The choice of equipment will depend on the size of the winery, availability and cost of technical labor and equipment, and the frequency and extent of sampling. A basic winery lab should be able to perform analysis of Brix, pH and total acidity, as well as sulfur dioxide (SO2) and alcohol. For Brix measurements, a refractometer is recommended for grape juice, and there are inexpensive optical analog refractometers available. A digital refractomer can be purchased, usually for less than $500, and can take Zyme-O-Enzymes Bioferm & Springcell Red Star & Springer Yeast Color Tan & Querca Tan Range Heinrich Oak Chips, Powder & Staves A refractometer is recommended for Brix measurements of grape juice. Photo: Hanna Instruments Brix measurements that compensate for temperature. Hydrometers are required for Brix readings once the fermentation has begun, as alcohol will interfere with traditional refractometer readings. It is recommended to have several hydrometers of different scales as fermentations progress, and because they are fragile (and also inexpensive). Proud to offer BECO DE FREE Filter Sheets & Pads and Padovan Filtration Systems Malo Plus, HA, D, & Multi Bacteria BECO Filter Sheets & Pads Parsec Micro-Oxygenation Systems Stoltzle Crystal Stemware Your Wine Filtration Experts Bartlett Press Membranes Padovan Filtration Systems Cellar Supplies & Fining Agents Check out our website or call us for more information! American Tartaric Products, Inc. 1230 Shiloh Road, Windsor CA 95492 (707) 836-6840 www.americantartaric.com 36 V I N E YARD & WINERY MANAGEMENT | May - June 2013 w w w. v w m m e d i a . c o m