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    Measure the Titratable Acidity and Boil the sample. Compare the TA of the boiled wine sample to that of an unboiled sample the difference an approximation of the VA By boiling the sample all volatile compounds will evaporate off. Because the test is essentially being run twice it doubles the error.

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    Measure the Titratable Acidity and Boil the sample. Compare the TA of the boiled wine sample to that of an unboiled sample the difference an approximation of the VA By boiling the sample all volatile compounds will evaporate off. Because the test is essentially being run twice it doubles the error.

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    Measure the Titratable Acidity and Boil the sample. Compare the TA of the boiled wine sample to that of an unboiled sample the difference an approximation of the VA By boiling the sample all volatile compounds will evaporate off. Because the test is essentially being run twice it doubles the error.

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    Approximate Volatile Acidity Procedure

    1. First measure the titratable acidity. Here is the Titratable Acidity procedure from
    Vinquiry.com: http://www.vinquiry.com/pdf/titratacQ.pdf

    2. Then, add 10mL wine sample in a 100mL Erlenmeyer flask

    3. Add ~50 to 100mL DI water

    4. Boil solution and cool to room temperature

    5. Measure using the same procedure for titratable acidity

    6. Compare the TA of the boiled wine sample to that of an unboiled sample the
    difference an approximation of the VA

    By boiling the sample all volatile compounds will evaporate off. However, because the test is
    essentially being run twice it doubles the error involved.

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