WINE ANALYTICAL SERVICE LABORATORY
Precision wine analysis for the Cape Winelands
A prestigious wine analysing service in the winemaking industry of the beautiful Western Cape. Accurate, consistent, and delivered with a personal touch.
Top 3
wine laboratory in South Africa for the past four years
Daily QC
checks against a known standard before analysis
Since 2019
independent, based at Spier Cellar, Stellenbosch
WHAT WE OFFER
Affordable. Professional. Consistent.
Our prime focus is accuracy and quick turnaround time, with a special personal touch on every sample that comes through the lab.
01
Winemaking support
Wine analyses according to the requirements of the cellar’s winemakers, giving scientific values on the status and content of their wines so adjustments can be made in time.
02
Bulk & export analysis
Analysis of wine bought in bulk from external sources and other cellars, plus wine exported in bulk and bottled for the local market.
03
Shipping verification
Export wine is analysed before shipping and again on arrival in the destination country, to determine possible changes in transit.
ANALYSIS SPECTRUM
More than thirty analyses, one laboratory
From alcohol and residual sugar through to cold stability, filterability and malolactic fermentation — the full picture of your wine, measured on calibrated laboratory equipment.
Composition
Alcohol (pycnometer, Alcolyzer & density meter), specific gravity, extract, residual sugars, Balling.
Acidity & sulphur
pH, total titratable acid, volatile acidity, free and total sulphur by Ripper and aspiration methods.
Stability
Protein stability, cold stability, Bento fining, pinking.
Clarity & process
Turbidity, filterability, DCO2, malolactic fermentation (MLF).
OUR STORY
From lab assistant to laboratory owner
Wine Analytical Service Laboratory started as part of Spier Wines in the heart of the Cape Winelands. Over time the service expanded to include customers from other wine producing cellars in the area.
Today WASLab is led by Merecia Smith, who joined Spier in 1998, moved into the wine analysis laboratory four years later, and rose to manage it before launching the laboratory as her own independent business in 2019.
Ready to have your wine analysed?
Send us your samples or get in touch to discuss what your cellar needs this season.
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