This is more of a mead related question, but since I used a wine strain... Last night I pitched a packet of Red Star Pasteur Red yeast into a pyment mead with...

I have finally moved from the Brew King kits to buying grapes. I picked up 100 pounds of Cabernet grapes the other day and they are happily fermenting away...

I have started my Island Mist Peach Apricot Chardonnay on Sunday. As of yesterday (Tuesday) there was a full yeast cap on the liquid. Today that cap has...

(I'm crossposting this to both .brewing and .winemaking as I believe Sake making could be considered either really.) I bought koji-kin mold spores from an...

I got a late start this year and just called my supplier and he said that the Zinfandel grapes I wanted to buy were all gone. Does anyone know the names of...

I racked my elderberry wine last week and ended up with a real sticky amber colored film in my carboy. Bleach wouldn't clean it very easily. It was also on...

Does any have any information on using pennies or copper scouring pads to kill sodium dioxide? I just read something about this in a magazine.

Is it possible to feed a 4 week kit wine to increase the alcohol content and if so how do I go about doing it? I was thinking of using 1118 yeast.

I mistakenly added 200 ppm of SO2 instead of the intended 50 ppm to 40 gallons of just-crushed Merlot this afternoon. Any thoughts on how to recover from...

Hello all, I recently became the lucky recipient of a free 54 litre demijohn, though empty, I was still pleased. A look inside dampened my spirits a bit, as...

Would I be happy with this tester? I am just a hobbiest wine maker making about 50 gallons a year mostly around this time each year. All this talk about pH...

I used the spin cycle on the family maytag to centriguge 12 bottles of gunk left after settling chardonnay. I ran it 2 cycles, and it sorta worked, got about...

I just finished making 7 gallons of simple Welches grape juice wine. Just beginning my wine making experience and I have bottled 21 bottles of wine using used...

Hi, started a batch of concord wine. first two days were ok... had processed all the grapes through a processor, which extracted much juice and some...

Yes we still have grapes available for winemaking. A limited amount of Chardonnay, Cab Franc, Vidal and Concord can still be purchased by the bushel. It has...

Hi Guys..... I have 35 gallons of Merlot must with a brix of 25. All other parameters are fine. Should I add about three gallons of distilled water to...

Several people have stated that it is best to make TA and pH adjustments pre-fermentation because later adjustments will be more "noticeable". It seems to me...

okay so what do I do after I squeeze the grapes or get 100%grape juice?

Does anyone have any experience using Prospero wine juice? They have a distribution center in Pleasantville, NY. They seem to have a pretty large selection of...

Since we're going to get at least a couple of sunny (though cold) days yet, and since the leaves still look green, I'm going to let my Niagara continue to...

I crushed my yard grapes of several kinds (red, white, blue unknown varieties, local word being they were 'wine grapes not concord') and made 4 gallons of...

I picked up 12 gallons of chardonnay juice today. It had been sitting for a week in the guys truck. supposed to be at 35°, I dunno if it was really that...

All my mistakes and problems end up getting sweetened and given away. I feel good about it, and others like sweet wine. Tim

Are there any vineyards in the Coachella Valley area that grow Cabernet, Merlot, and/or Sangiovese grapes, and that sell them to home winemakers? If so, what...

This is our second year of red wine-making. Last year after primary fermentation was complete (@0 Brix), the wine was put into carboys and there was very...