{"id":518,"date":"2014-08-19T16:10:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T20:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2026-03-22T06:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T10:58:40","slug":"making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 19, 2014<\/p>\n

\"\"Both the 2011 and 2013 Vino Superiore<\/a> Sangiovese are fermenting well having dropped about a third of their initial Brix. I usually like to add some nutrients to the fermentation at this stage to ensure that it completes to total dryness and without any problems, such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S).<\/p>\n

Daily Brix measurements<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My yeast nutrient of choice is Fermaid-K, which I added at a rate of 25 g\/hL — that’s roughly just under 1.5 tsp to each bucket.<\/p>\n

Now all I need to do is wait for fermentation to complete while reducing daily punchdowns from 3 to 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 19, 2014 Both the 2011 and 2013 Vino Superiore Sangiovese are fermenting well having dropped about a third of their initial Brix. I usually like to add some nutrients… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[89,86,93,88,90,87],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-winemaking","tag-chianti","tag-frozen-grape-must","tag-home-winemaking","tag-sangiovese","tag-super-tuscan","tag-vino-superiore"],"yoast_head":"\nMaking Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation - Techniques in Home Winemaking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation - Techniques in Home Winemaking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Techniques in Home Winemaking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-08-19T20:10:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-22T10:58:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daniel\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13b77da259df50c9998468e350da692\"},\"headline\":\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-19T20:10:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-22T10:58:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\"},\"wordCount\":122,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Chianti\",\"frozen grape must\",\"Home winemaking\",\"Sangiovese\",\"Super Tuscan\",\"Vino Superiore\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Home winemaking\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\",\"name\":\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation - Techniques in Home Winemaking\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-08-19T20:10:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-22T10:58:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13b77da259df50c9998468e350da692\"},\"description\":\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Techniques in Home Winemaking\",\"description\":\"A blog for those passionate about home winemaking\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13b77da259df50c9998468e350da692\",\"name\":\"Daniel\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f94ccf3b8f174187990c02383f6260d44aee042616c37a5897c640c214f40ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f94ccf3b8f174187990c02383f6260d44aee042616c37a5897c640c214f40ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f94ccf3b8f174187990c02383f6260d44aee042616c37a5897c640c214f40ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Daniel\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/author\/daniel\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation - Techniques in Home Winemaking","description":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation - Techniques in Home Winemaking","og_description":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation","og_url":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/","og_site_name":"Techniques in Home Winemaking","article_published_time":"2014-08-19T20:10:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-03-22T10:58:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Daniel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Daniel","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/"},"author":{"name":"Daniel","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13b77da259df50c9998468e350da692"},"headline":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation","datePublished":"2014-08-19T20:10:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-22T10:58:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/"},"wordCount":122,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg","keywords":["Chianti","frozen grape must","Home winemaking","Sangiovese","Super Tuscan","Vino Superiore"],"articleSection":["Home winemaking"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/","url":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/","name":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation - Techniques in Home Winemaking","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg","datePublished":"2014-08-19T20:10:46+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-22T10:58:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13b77da259df50c9998468e350da692"},"description":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermaid-K.jpeg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/making-wine-the-vino-superiore-way-day-4-boosting-the-fermentation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Making Wine the Vino Superiore Way \u2013 Day 4: Boosting the Fermentation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/","name":"Techniques in Home Winemaking","description":"A blog for those passionate about home winemaking","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a13b77da259df50c9998468e350da692","name":"Daniel","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f94ccf3b8f174187990c02383f6260d44aee042616c37a5897c640c214f40ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f94ccf3b8f174187990c02383f6260d44aee042616c37a5897c640c214f40ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8f94ccf3b8f174187990c02383f6260d44aee042616c37a5897c640c214f40ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Daniel"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/"],"url":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/author\/daniel\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ubw6-8m","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techniquesinhomewinemaking.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}