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...

I wondered if anyone had advice on the following matter... I am making a rice-wine and I'm using gervin gv26 yeast. It states the capability to reach ~21%...

I have a white Zinfandel that's at about 1.050 and I'd like to stop it there for a sweeter wine. I've read about a few ways to stop it but wonder what's the...

dont know for sure :) stirred for about a half hour after i put the stabilizers in and before the clarifier. anyway, yesterday, before i put the clarifier in,...

why do some wines keep imporving for a long time while others dont?

I opened a bottle of 2001 Cabernet Franc this weekend. It was made from fresh grapes, bulk aged for 2 years and oaked moderately heavily. The wine had lost...

I am pondering my next project - R.J Spagnoli Bolero - Italian Merlot. This kit is just a tad different than the ones I have tried previously, in that I have...

Hi Got one of these little vacuum bottlers been really good and done a lot of service. Now the seals are leaking on the filler stem and they need...

So I have a crushendo brewing. The corvino. Literature I found on the web had the balls to suggest it would keep improving for up to a decade. I'm up for the...

I found a site that gives a scientific reason for the punt, call it a dimple if you will, on the bottom of wine bottles. -- Cyfarch Gwinllan Cwm Deri! ...

Ok, This is the sixth year that I've made a batch of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon,15% Cabernet Franc from CA Central Valley grapes. In past years my results have...