Try MLF to Finish Your Wine with Elegance and Complexity!

Proper Malolactic fermentation (MLF) can help lower acidity, reduce fruitiness, soften, and increase character complexity in your wine - perfect for dry red wines and classic French style dry whites like Chardonnay and Viognier. We carry only the best MLF cultures from CHS Hansen Labs and malolactic nutrient powder from MicroEssentials. 

Learn more about the how-to and benefits of Malolactic Fermentation in your wine.

See our full line of ML Cultures for starting your own MLF.

Using a malolactic nutrient powder will improve the growth conditions for the bacteria and will encourage a faster, more successful malolactic fermentation. It is especially recommended where difficult conditions exist in the wine such as higher SO2 levels, higher alcohol levels, lower temperatures, or lower pH.

Paper Chromatography

Use our Paper Chromatography test kits and reagents to verify the status of your MaloLactic Fermentation which is critical to assuring the quality of MLF wines. Highly undesirable effects can occur in your wine if certain additives or adjustments are introduced before MLF is complete so it is essential to test to confirm MLF is finished.

Paper Chromatography Test Kit $69.99

See all our Winemaking Chemicals and Additives.

See our wide array of Testing and Analysis Equipment to keep track of important metrics and assure your juice and wine chemistry stays in top form.

See all our Yeasts and Cultures packaged in sizes appropriate for both home winemakers and commercial wineries.

Ebulliometers! We've Got 'EM

PIWC is your trusted stop for all things ebulliometer. We have quality traditional and convenient electric ebulliometers and ebulliometer parts available from DuJardin, Salleron, and Alla France.

EXCELLENT TRADITIONAL AND ELECTRIC EBULLIOMETERS FROM ALLA FRANCE! We are also pleased to offer excellent quality, easy to use, and competitively priced traditional and electric ebulliometer options from Alla France.