02/12/2025
🎄 VINLAB DECEMBER CUT-OFF DATES 🎄
Please take note of our final testing dates for Wine, Water, GC & Microbiology analyses to ensure all your samples are completed before year-end.
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🍷 WINE ANALYSIS CUT-OFF DATES
09 December
• Allergens
• 6-day freezes
• Chlorides
• Metals ICP-MS (Pb, B, Sn, P, SO₄, As, Se, Sb, Hg)
• 3-day freeze test
• Drop-out
• Metals ICP-OES (Cu, Fe, Ca, K, Zn, Na, Mg, Cd)
• Sorbic acid
• Citric acid
12 December
• Bentonite
• Pinking
Routine Analysis (12:00)
15–19 December
• Final routine and specialized wine analyses
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💧 WATER ANALYSIS CUT-OFF DATES
10 December
• Drinking water: SANS241, Global G.A.P., Potability, Drinking water micro
• Metals (As, Se, Sb, U, Hg, S)
• BOD
• Fat, Oil & Grease
• Bromide
• Bromate
• Odour
• Total Sugar
12 December
• Total Suspended Solids
• Volatile Suspended Solids
• Water PCR (Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Legionella)
• Bromine
15 December
• Irrigation & Wastewater
• Micro (Faecal coliforms, Total coliforms, E. coli)
• COD
• Metals excluding As, Se, Sb, U, Hg, S
• Phenols
• Hexavalent Chromium
• Bromine
• UV absorbance
• Nitrogen
• Sulphide
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🔬 GC ANALYSIS CUT-OFF DATES
12 December
• Thiols
• Methoxypyrazine
• TCA (Corks & Wine)
• Volatile compounds
• Spirit reports
• 4EP + 4EG
15 December
• Ochratoxins
17 December
• Methanol
• Sorbic acid (export)
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🧫 MICROBIOLOGY CUT-OFF DATES
10 December
• PCR analysis
12 December
• Sterility plates
• Alcohol tolerance
• Direct plating (Brett, bacteria, beer, etc.)
• 5-day micro (Export)
• TEMPO & VIDAS (Aerobic count, LAB, Yeast & mould, E. coli, Total coliforms, Staphylococcus, Bacillus cereus, Enterobacteriaceae, Listeria spp., Salmonella spp., E. coli O157)
15 December
• Sterility on bottled wines (no alcohol tolerance)
