Maybe next time I'll get the calculator out before I start getting things ready. I can NOT understand why I couldn't remember that one gallon of wine will...

Hi, I was curious if anyone had experiences with making very small batch wine, if such a practice exists. I have 2 vines newly planted in my yard and was...

I searched the net but somehow I can not find a new FAQ for rec.crafts.winemaking. I can find the last one being updated around 1999. Is there someone...

Any one gonna make wine from the Chilean crop due here in a few weeks? I have 13 - 6 gallon pails of Chilean juice coming. Tom Home of the MOON...

Often when I rack or transfer from primary to secondary I get a layer of fluffy 'lees' or straining bag escapees. Its fluffy stuff, not really solid, but it...

The wine growing season in the Mid Atlantic - Central Maryland - has gotten off to a VERY slow start because of a cold spring. My Cabernets and Merlot are...

My son and I bought some "Peach Puree"for a 1 gal batch at the wine and hop shop. After racking to secondary we watched the sediment form, and form...

Hi all I'm growing some wonderberries (Solanum Burbankii) this year, also known as sunberries or garden huckleberries. Apparently, they make a wonderful...

I have a question about a couple of things on the Jack Keller web site: He is says (excerpts below) that the transfer from primary to secondary fermentation...

I'd like to make a frizzante wine this summer. Does anybody have any instructions? I've been searching for a vinho verde kit, but I can't seem to locate one....

been enjoying my fruit wines.strawberry seems to be the favorite.with blackberry,peach and paw paw in close lead....

Hi, I have a regular refrigerator that I use to condition beer that I brew. I use an external thermostat control (Johnson Controls thermostat) so I can keep...

My corks say "Don't Soak" on them. I thought I needed to boil or treat them with sod. metabisulfite. Can I just give them a quick rinse with Aseptox? Thx.

I am after fast maturing (weeks not months idealy) wine recepies such as fruit or juice etc. I am keen to avoid kits. Any recepies gratefully accepted.

My first gallon of mead... I went against convention and did not boil the water and honey together. I will next time. I wound up with quite a hazy mead. I...

Hi, all. Some of my "non-kits" are coming into bloom. One of them is a Peach Mango wine that is needing a sweeting. Soooo I added two tablespoons of sugar to...

Help.... I made 10 gallons of Regina Chardonnay from juice in September, which fermented nicely in glass carboys; however, even after an addition of...

I read in From Vines to Wines that each variety of grapes has it's own characteristics that should be taken into account when pruning the vines. Does anyone...

So the kids are in bed and its Crushendo racking night. And degassing night. I have obviously bought a whip degasser specially for the occasion. I have been...

I'm a newbie and about to start my first batch of wine. I would greatly appreciate some advice from you guys who have some experience. I'm starting out...

Up to now to de-gas the wine, I have been using the handle of a stirring spoon to stir the wine hard enough to create foaming on the surface. I saw that you...

Hi all, I have just finished the primary ferment on one tonne of shiraz. Unfortunately due to the recent bush fires, the wine has a distinct smoke smell and...

when I started my wine kit, I also tried to do a gallon of homemade root beer i also picked up(on a lark) I am pretty sure i followed directions closely, but...

What was the concensus on putting citrus (oranges, grapefruit, lemons, etc.) into the rum pot? There was something about seeds also -- does that preclude...

well, my kit said to move to a carboy at SG 1.010 so i did and fitted tha airlock. HOW COME NO ONE TOLD ME THAT BUBBLES WOULD BE SO COOL!!!! cripes i must...