I'm in need of 4 liter wine bottles to use as carboys for Mead. Ellicott City, Maryland is due west of Baltimore City. If you live within 40 miles of...

I'm in need of 4 liter wine bottles to use as carboys for Mead. Ellicott City, Maryland is due west of Baltimore City. If you live within 40 miles of...

Hi, I've done homebrews for a number of years, and now I'm finally going to try wine at home. I have a few questions that I haven't readily found answers to...

i've got a batch of okanagan merlot that began the ferment @ pH 3.35 with TTA 6.0 (yes, i corrected a bit). with MLF complete, and S02 added, the wine has been...

Back in November I made a batch of pumpkin wine. I have one three gallon and a one gallon. I have not at all racked the 3 gallon since racking to the...

Hi everyone. Long time no posts. That's what renovating the whole house will do to other parts of your life - put them all on hold. But a half-made wine...

Maple Wine, not Maple Mead. I find recipes here and there, now and then. But success stories I have yet to hear or read and I've yet to find a commercial...

I just made some merlot from grapes and I am disappointed in the color intensity. During the rigorous primary fermentation I detected an h2s odor and...

Hello, I know this one gets debated a lot and don't want to start an argument but was trying to work out the alcohol content of my latest concoction. I...

This is an event not to be missed the BACAW Education Seminar for advanced wine makers to be held in North Vancouver British Columbia on February...

1. What have I been hearing about using bleach to primary clean equipment??? Some kind of toxic build-up or something like that??? (diluted bleach, of...

I notice talk in the beer-brewing newsgroup about making "clones" of various commercial brews, but I haven't found anything similar about wines. I'm primarily...

Have homebrewed beer for several years with good success. I won a wine kit at our club Christmas Party, a nice Shiraz. The kit calls for secondary in a...

I have just completed a very basic concord grape wine primary fermentation. I made this 1/gal. recipe 5 days before making a 5/gal. recipe. I just wanted to...

I have just completed a very basic concord grape wine primary fermentation. I made this 1/gal. recipe 5 days before making a 5/gal. recipe. I just wanted to...

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Hey... I just took a look at my latest batches of wines and they all seem to have a few white patches on the top of the foam. It has been about a week since I...

Does anyone know a formula to calculate the freezing temperature of wine given the alcohol content? Or at least a...

Hey... I just took a look at my latest batches of wines and they all seem to have a few white patches on the top of the foam. It has been about a week since I...

I thought I would pass this along for all those interested: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Enology Notes #97 January 13,...

It has everything to do with the time the wine was in contact with the skins - how long was that? My guess is that becaues of the rigorous fermentation, you...

Recently purchased a 350L plastic tub for primary fermentation. Spigots with a sieve attachment are available to install on these. Has anyone used these? Do...

HOME WINEMAKING COMPETITION COMING UP SOON! -- 31st Annual U.S. Amateur Winemaking Competition -- Get competition rules and entry form at:

HOME WINEMAKING COMPETITION COMING UP SOON! -- 31st Annual U.S. Amateur Winemaking Competition -- Get competition rules and entry form at:

I made a big mistake this summer and I wonder if those of you with more experience can advise me. I had 20 lbs of blueberries in the freezer for about 6 mos. ...