Note: We have only a limited number of the MicroQit Detect kits remaining but we should have more available in the future. Please order soon.

MicroQit Detect 
This kit is one of the easiest-to-use and most affordable in-house units for detecting Brettanomyces in wine and must. Each $95 kit comes with 16 different plates and can be refrigerated for up to one year before use. You simply dip the cotton end of an applicator into wine and wipe in a Z-patter on one of the 16 plates that come with each kit. 

The plates are then incubated for about a week and compared to photos that come with each kit. The readings will give you both a qualitative and a semi-quantitative level of detection. This kit offers an easy and ideal way to detect Brettanomyces in barrels and tanks before filling. More complete instructions are available here. To order this kit, and if you have an account with White Labs, visit our professional winery order page here, or you can order directly through our regular order site if you do not have a business account.

The following kits (Wild Yeast and Wallerstein's Kits) are $75 each.

Wild Yeast (LWYM) Test Kit
Great for detecting Saccharomyces-type wild yeast. The definition of wild yeast is simple, “yeasts not deliberately used and under full control.” Wild yeast can have a profound effect on haze, off flavors, superattenuation, and may promote surface film or pellicle. Since wild yeast can have significant ill effects on wine, it is important to identify their presence in the winery. This kit provides the best means for a winery to test for the presence of Saccharomyces wild yeast. This medium inhibits, or markedly restricts, growth of culture yeast while permitting growth of a variety of wild yeast. It incorporates known effects of fuchsin-sulfite and crystal violet into one medium. Some specific strains of wine yeast show weak growth on LWYM, but wild-types display very distinct colonies. 

Wallerstein’s Kit
This kit contains Wallerstein media plates with cycloheximide (WLD) and without cycloheximide (WLN). The cycloheximide inhibits the growth of culture yeast and molds, isolating the bacterial and wild yeast encountered in wine and industrial fermentation processes. In addition, WL media allows for the easy detection of acid secreting bacteria via its bromcresol green pH indicator component. Use the 12 plates and kit essentials to detect the presence of aerobic yeast and bacteria.

For more information about these test kits and products, contact us.