It’s very important to check acid levels while making wine at home because acidity level has maximum contribution in determining the taste of wine. If your wine is too acidic, you will pucker up and if your wine is very little acidic, it will be dull in taste. So, checking acid levels of wine is very important step to prepare a wine of exceptional quality. So let’s see how we can check acid levels while preparing wine at home.

There are two easy ways by which you can check acid levels of wine at home - pH strip test and titration. You can use litmus paper to check acid levels while making wine at home. This is a very easy and fast way of checking acid levels of wine. pH strip test can be used in monitoring the acid level in all types of juices irrespective of their tartness. If you are using litmus paper in checking acid levels of wine, then make sure that the reading comes in between 3.4 to 3.8. If the number is low in pH strips, your wine is more acidic. 

Another important way to check acid levels is the titration method. It is very useful for beginners who don’t have much experience in monitoring the acidity level. It gives very accurate result as compared to the litmus paper test. You can purchase a wine making titration kit and easily check acid levels after a few minutes of practice. The titration kit accurately measures the acid level with respect to the sharpness of the wine’s taste on the tongue. While checking acid levels of wine through titration kit, you will get the results in ‘Percent Tartaric’. So if the final reading is 80% tartaric, this means that acid composition is 8 tenth of 1 percent of the total volume of the wine.

After checking acid levels of wine, it’s very important to adjust the acid levels. If your wine is low in acidity, use acid blend to increase the acid level. Acid blend is composed of Citric, Malic and Tartaric acid and highly effective in increasing the acidity level of wine. On the other hand if you check acid levels and find that your wine is highly acidic, you can reduce the acidity by using calcium carbonate. So, try these methods and prepare a perfect wine at home.

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