I live in Maryland and I would love to visit the winery that makes the sweetest muscadine wine available on the East Coast of the United States. I have visited...

Since this is the time of year when many of us give a gift of the wine's we have made, what would be your surprise and disappointment wine-wise for...

My wine competed MLF so I racked and added sulfite and put out to cold stabilize. I was surprised by the differences in specific gravity. The batches all...

I live in Maryland and I would love to visit the winery that makes the sweetest muscadine wine available on the East Coast of the United States. I have visited...

Before I go off on my problems...I would like to wish everyone a Merry Xmas and a healthy and prosperous new year!! Thanks again everyone for your advice...It...

Well, I am completing my forth batch of wine and I am still confused on when and what yeast nutrients to add. In the first three batches of wine I just ran...

"pinky" wrote in message ... People seem to avoid saying it of gps like...

I remember as a kid 25 or 30 years ago, my brother Wayne or his father-in-law Bob had a device that was able to measure alcohol content after fermemtation. You...

Hi folks, A friend brought over a bottle of YellowTail Shiraz the other night - which has had a phenomenal success in the Canadian market, I think it is now...

I brew Mead and am looking for 4 Liter wine bottles to use as carboys for one gallon recipes. Does anyone have a source for 4 Liter bottles? Does anyone have...

This weekend fun will be the 2nd blackberry batch from this falls pickings. 1st batch (5 gallon) is bulk aging, nothin' but blackberries with Pastuer Red...

Hi... I have been making wine from grapes for several years. The past couple of years, I have experienced a problem such that my wine turns cloudy after...

I am just about ready to start the MLF on my Chardonnay and I just noticed the MLF bacteria package says 2.5 grams which is enough to do 66 gals on wine......

I have a Brew King Cabernet kit started August 1st, Racked September 5 and racked again on 12 September with additional oaking. Now it is time to rack off the...

My Cabernet has been sitting in a keg since the pressing since October. I took a taste today and it has a hint of sweetness. The gravity reads 1.000 on the...

Odd question I suppose - but - If you folks don't know empirically where a wine should end up when it goes dry (your end SG reading), how in the world to you...

I just purchased a Jaffrey wine and cider press. They say to finish it with sanding sealer and a one part epoxy that they sell, both of which are poisonous. Is...

This year I had a few bushels of peaches left over so I decided to try making peach wine. I guess I wasn't careful enough because after 3 months the wine is...

For the first time this year, I've had really healthy MLF's. After about a month of a very vigorous secondary, things are settling down, but there's still an...

Hi, I finaly fixed my outlook newsgroup thing ! I tried a few weeks ago (8) to do some wine from grapes. I pressed them, put sugar, it started at 1,092 and...

A weird question but where do wine calories come from? A 4 oz. glass contains 77 calories 0 gr. fat 0 gr. protein 1 gr. carb That would mean it contains 4...

Jesus Christ doesn't want you to create such Pagan stuff or you won't go to heaven ! Give it up or go to HELL !!!

I really like a the Shiraz Cabernet from Jacobs creek. I would like to do a similar concept with kits. I wanted to do a 50/50 blend with a Cabernet Sav and a...

I'm making Sauvignon Blanc for the first time, from frozen must from Peter Brehm. I fermented cool and It has been going a long time. One of the carboys...

Hi all, I'm fairly new to this hobby, and I have two primary fermenters - food-grade plastic buckets I purchased from my wine supply store. One of them,...