Andovin Super Nutrient and Vinacid R

[Kcwhippet]

The Andovin is used to harden the water a bit and to add the nutrients to help the yeast make the resulting wine ferment to dryness. Without it, the yeast might not be able to totally ferment all the sugar and you'll be left with a wine that you hoped would be dry but turns out sweet. The Vinacid R is for reductive wines - generally white wines. It adds the acids necessary to balance the wine. Unlike grapes, the rice mixture doesn't have the necessary nutrients to enable the yeast to survive to the higher alcohol. It also doesn't have the necessary acid to balance the final product.

I suggest you get a book on winemaking at your local winemaking supply shop that explains what's neede to make the process work efficiently under different circumstances.

[This message has been edited by Kcwhippet (edited 03-24-2004).]