Hi folks: My first batch of Savignon Blanc is still in the carboy, currently getting nice and clear sitting on the basement floor. I'll probably be filtering...

I am having trouble with Campden Tablets and Apple Wines again... Addition of Campden to clear Apple wines result in an opaque wine that does not fal lclear...

What is the purpose and function of the PA scale on my hydrometer ??

Argh. I've *got* to find a way to calibrate my carboys to figure out exactly where 5 & 6 gallons are (particularly 6). After 6 gallons (an all juice batch)...

I plan on picking 60 Lbs of blueberry this Sunday. I would like to make 2 6 gallon batches. Would 30 lbs be ok for a 6 gallon batch? any ideas with...

Can anyone tell me what this is: http://pages.infinit.net/weez1959/links.htm (at the bottom) and what to do to avoid more or remedy my present situation. There...

I have grape plants in their second year, and am ready to remove all except two vines per plant. Painful, but supposedly it will encourage the growth of the...

Just when I thought I understood the relationship between vinegar and wine I was told that you can make vinegar directly from grape juice and water. Does...

I just started a batch of mead using one of Jack Keller's recipes. As the recipe (Vanilla Mead) did not specify any type of Sulfite I checked the rest of ...

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Hello, I have been making beer for over 10yrs and mead for about two. My father has been harassing me to make a batch of Merlot. I think I'm about to...

All, I just bottled my second batch of kit wine. Both so far have been dry reds. I wanted to do a wine that I could give to folks that have been giving...

Hey, everybody! I just put together a new wine that might interest the crowd. It's sitting in the fermenter now, sans yeast, as the campden and pectic enzyme...

right now and the thought occurs that those early settlers really didn't have it all that bad!!! and another thing, when I used to drink jug wine from Gallo...

Would anyone know why the three recipes I posted today appeared and have now disappeared from the newsgroup? Thanks!

I'm getting ready to make this years Strawberry wine (a huge favorite request) and I was looking for differing opinions in regards to acid adjustment....

This makes a sweet, full bodied dessert wine with good legs and tremendous sweet blueberry flavour. 1 gallon recipe. starting SG 1.125 Ingredients: 4 lbs...

Thank you so much to Kiev at Winemaker Magazine who dug these up for me and faxed them asap! Not sure which is from which date, as it's not indicated on the...

Anyone have a good tested recipe for watermelon wine?

I know that most people use two cans per gallon, rather than reconstituting the juice according to the directions, in making wine from Welch's frozen...

I was out in the country this weekend. I noticed many bushes on the side of the road near farmland. I assume the bunches of white blossoms are...

Has anyone tried the "V" vessel for fermentation? It seems like a great idea and would cut down on racking and having to have an empty carboy to rack into. I'm...

I doubt this is the right forum for this but I thought I'd try. We're looking for a good quality corker with a hopper. Electric or pnuematic. Any one have...

Good morning, I am new on this forum and would like to know what is a good and famous wine magazine or newsletter in the napa-sonoma region ? If you know...

I started a kit Viognier about 3 months ago and put in yeast nutrient, not realizing it's been added to the kit. The wine developed an off smell in the end of...