May get a chance to upgrade this year.
Parameters: high throughput, can do a lot of different analyses well, relatively automated. Will be run by people with Enology and science backgrounds, but who also have a lot of other stuff to do. We’re not a tiny winery, so not concerned about buying a D9 when a tractor will do. Payback for anything I have been looking at will be within 1-3 years.
Something a little less time-consuming than wet chemistry (time and staffing issue), but robust and accurate. Mainly focused on TA, pH, acetic/VA, malic, RS, NOPA/YAN measurement of some sort, alcohol if possible (but it seems like there’s not a lot of machines that can do this as well). We do Rippers for SO2s and I am happy fine with our results. Hand grenades, not darts, but close enough for our needs.
So far, I have been looking at:
OenoFoss - remarkably easy to use, huge throughput. No ongoing materials needed. Downsides: calibration set will require a lot of initial inputs. Accuracy below certain thresholds for important stuff. Expensive.
ChemWell
Randox machines (Monaco and the other…blanking on the name)
Anyone have experience with these machines? Pros/cons? More I should add to the list?