I made some nice kit wines last year that I recall had instructions to stir vigorously at some point to get rid of CO2. I can't find the paperwork now. I'm...

I have about 250L of wine I wish to put into a barrel, however it still has a lot of suspended solids in it... is it a good idea to pour it through some...

Ok I have read a few places that one should press the wine when the tannin levels reach a level to your taste. Trouble is I don't know how they should be for...

Hello, I am making my first red wine. I bought 550lbs of CAB from UC Davis's Hopland research station. They said the TA was .62 and that the pH was 3.6 and...

So I'm really only a small-scale hobbyist... I make a gallon here and there of various fruit wines when my organic food "subcription service" delivers a lot of...

Greetings, a sometimes lurker here who makes the occasional wine kit. Always amazed at the knowledge and the depth of involvment of some posters here. ...

This is my first attempt at an icewine style dessert wine made with botrytis affected grapes. (Sauvignon Blanc). The wine has been bulk aging for about a year...

I found a straightforward online how-to for making wine from my own grapes. Here's the link: http://www.winemakermag.com/yourfirstwine/grapes.html . They have...

Anyone know where I can buy one?

I think some people missed the point. Yes I know there are loads of shops in the UK where you can buy home brewing products.... But... In some providences...

"Negodki" wrote in message ... (evilpaul13) wrote: What...

I have a pear (1 gallon batch) wine that I'm about to bottle. It is quite dry. I want to raise the residual sugar to between 2 and 4 percent. Question 1. I saw...

Hi there. I just bought 250 pounds of Peter Brehm cabernet grapes from northern California. They were harvested September 21 with a Brix of 26.5, pH of 3.41...

Hi folks, I just harvested our concord grapes and want to try to make wine. My wife has already canned many jars with half grape/half sugar water to make...

I know this is off topic however, a large number of you appear to have viruses. That notice from Microsoft you got in your email about a security patch was not...

Well here I am.... a beer guy making wine...who wouldv'e thunk it. Everything is going quite well. My 1/2 ton of Amador Zin grapes are quite magnificent. It...

Guy in the classifieds is selling a bunch of winemaking gear including "jerobams." Never heard of a jerobam. Anyone??? - Matt www.man-man.org

My wine club, The Greater Kansas City Cellarmasters, has an amateur wine and mead contest every November. This is our fifth year. If you would like more...

I read some posts and see this is rather common. I have a barrel of syrah coming in pH of 3.96 and TA of 0.71. It's just fermented dry and it was sulphered...

I'm embarrassed that every year I have the same question, and it still doesn't make sense. The grapes that I can get here on the east coast are usually...

The Roman legions certainly brought vines into France Already in Roman times the cool northern Burgundy region had been identified as ideally suited to...

I need some more details after reading about usinf a freezer to help clear wines. I don't want to go through the expense and steps of fineing and filtering...

My first experience with Vin Bon was when I ordered two batches of wine (Chablis and Merlot) to make "on premices". Both turned undrinkable. Massive sediment...

Just pressed 600 lbs of Pinot Noir (Cental Coast CA.) Primary Fermentation went 10 days and cap was still present but not a vigorous one.. Pressed and filled...

I recently came accross a bottle of wine that was on a ship wreck that sunk in 1884. Until recently it was submerged in the ocean since the time of...