wine testing

[terrbear]

I mentioned before that I have been making my own wines and although the beer/wine supply shop will help get approx. alc.%, I would like to have my wine tested professionally for acids, lycopines, exact alc.%, calories or whathaveyou. I primary ferment with stems and wonder what effect that may have as well. any suggestions?
thanks, Terr
oops wrong board! I'll get this right eventually!

[This message has been edited by terrbear (edited 02-02-2004).]

[Thomas]

If you have an agricultural station nearby, that might be the place to offer lab analysis. A winery might do it for you, but I don't know why, unless you know someone.

Alcohol by volume is among the most difficult things to measure accurately, which is why the US government allows wineries leeway of 1.5% up or down--a 12% by volume can be as low as 10.5% or as high as 13.5%.