Anyone on the group live in Alabama, near Wetumpka, Prattville, or Montgomery?

Barry, I purposely allow mine to root. Once they touch the ground I cover them with a light soil. Middle of next winter I cut them from the main vine...

I have a grape vince that has a couple of canes that had laid on the ground and taken root before I got them up on a trellis. I didn't uproot them. It's been...

I was just spraying all the fruit trees and vines in my yard this morning and was wondering if anyone knows why the instructions and orchard owners say it's...

would any one have a recipe for making Vermouth? Chris

As I went to do an A/O this morning, it became evident that I'd run myself out of Phosphoric acid. Can I use a comparable concentration of sulfuric acid as a...

I want to thank all those who enlightened me a few months ago about the differences in adding oak during primary vs. after fermentation. I decided to make my...

Last year, when I was making a concord wine and a cherry wine, I was told to keep the skins after maturation and freeze them until the next batch of fruit wine...

Dear All I have a problem with my Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2003 as it seems too tannic. I added (from a some what secure source) during fermentation some tannin...

I bottled my first batch of wine this week. I am using standard corks from a homebrew shop think they were 9-1/2 Cheap hand held corker. I am not sure what...

I usually use Lalvin ec-1118 (no particular reason), and have had consistently excellent results. As an experiment, I bought some Lalvin k1-v1116, and used it...

I am trying to fiqure out what happened with my resiling. I fined with Bentonite and sparkolloid and the wine became crystal clear but with very little...

why bother going to the trouble of measuring TA in wine when pH is far more important oenologically. pH influences color, so2 activity and even...

I'm part owner of a tract of undeveloped acreage (~22 acres), and occasionally take a walk through the woods. This afternoon, I came across an old junk pile,...

Greetings all... I hope I didn't make anyone shudder with the heading, but that's what this message is about... I was at the super market the other day, and...

A week or two ago (two, I think) I added the F-pack to a Brewking white zinfindel. It began burbling again, and stopped several days ago. I brought it...

I have a gallon of banana wine and a gallon of dandelion wine in the secondary. They are both Jack Keller recipes, and both called for golden raisins to be...

I often read that the k-meta contain 57% sulphite and the campden tablets 48%. I would like a clarification on that. A) Is the 57% mean the % of sulphite...

Medals from the International Wine Competition in Ljubljana have shone for 50 years This year the international wine competition in Ljubljana celebrates...

Well, I'm all ready to play with my new chemistry set. Anxious to try out my new pH meter. Have fresh NaOH for TA. Titrets etc. Kinda pathetic that this...

Hi! I have a problem wine, a cab/merlot made from a kit. It refused to clear so eventually I did the pectin haze test found on Jack Kellers site. It showed...

I have just bought my first ice wine kit. Upon reading the instructions, I realize I need a 11.5L Carboy. Would it be possible to double the kit(buy a second...

I've noticed that the vintner's reserve kits advise to use more preservative (potassium sulfate? I don't have it in front of me) if the wine may be stored...

What is a good solvent to get the more obnoxious glue off of old wine bottles. Soap and water does well for some, but some of that glue is tenacious. Vicki

Hi. I was working on a wine, using the acid test kit. I'm not sure if I have the complete hang of it yet. When you're looking for a colour change, are you...