Tip: Troubleshooting enzymatic calibration curves
With an increasing number of labs upgrading from benchtop spectrophotometers to automatic discrete analysers for their enzymatic testing, it is worth...
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Tip: Using spike analysis as a QC in the lab
Many wine labs now have improved quality control systems in place and routinely analyse samples in duplicate and run the same control wine sample...
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Tip: Measuring dissolved CO2 in the winery
The level of dissolved carbon dioxide in a wine can greatly effect the taste of the wine, too little and the wine can seem flat and flabby and too...
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Tip: The importance of climate change (in your lab!)
It’s winter and it’s cold. But it needn’t be in your lab. Having well maintained heating and cooling systems in your lab is necessary to keep...
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Tip: pH Electrode Care
pH ELECTRODE CARE Never leave the electrode in juice or wine for longer than it takes to get a stable measurement of pH. Tannins, proteins etc in...
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Livestock Water Testing
DO YOU KNOW THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIVESTOCK WATER Water quality guidelines recommended for livestock consumption have been developed by the National...
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The Vintessential ChemWell Discrete Analysers
By now, you may have heard that Winechek Laboratories have their very own range of Discrete Analysers - the easiest way to automatically perform...
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Tip: Cuvettes - a closer look at a common consumable
You use them every day for your enzymatic analysis and probably don’t think too much about them. But the quality and correct use of your disposable...
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Another whack of the dragons tail: Problems with label sugar contents for China
Introduction As a wine export destination, China appears very attractive: a huge and growing middle class, increasing disposable income and an...
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