I have these as three separate items in my winemaking kit. the bottle filler will reach all the way down in my secondary, is there a need to keep these...

I always wonder over this, particularly when removal of a strainer bag of fruit is also concerned...but...generally speaking..... How long is the ideal amount...

Is there any easy way to tell the age of a kit and how long can they sit on the shelf before spoiling??

Living in central Arizona, I am resorting this spring to moving my laid down wines and secondaries into the crawl space under the house, which is twnety...

Hello! Can You tell me a few good cork dealers that delivery in Europe! please reply to Matija!

got my Winemaking kit this weekend, and after looking it over I am kind of puzzled as how to sanitize some of this stuff. things like stir paddles, long...

I'll be attending a convention in Rochester, Minnesota next weekend and am interested in picking up a couple of things for winemaking. well, I am thinking of...

Hi all, I trust we are all happily anticipating spring? I am writing to ask if any of you already currently have a reliable suppply of bulk shrink caps. My...

ZOWEEEE! That stuff is good! Some empirical fiddling with scales and measuring cups ended up calibrating a specific "1-Cup" measuring cup to...

Hello, I'm scalling back my production and as such, have no use for my grape press and crusher, nor a large barrel. The press is a double-racheting no 45...

I googled this one but didn't find any satisfactory answers. I 'inherited' some winemaking stuff my father used. I've thrown most of the chemicals out as...

My two gallons of pomegranate wine has cleared to a beautiful bright red and I'm ready to bottle it up. But first, I want to sweeten it up a bit. I...

Hi I am thinking about purchasing a screw capper suitable for doing small batches of wine. Any body had any experience with this type of thing?? Suggestions...

Sips Field Marketing provides staff for Ontario events and liquor store tastings (and possibly elsewhere in Canada, eventually). I'm searching for people with...

Hello, I bought a gervin high alcohol tolerant yeast which, in conjunction with their nutrients is stated to allow alchohol production over 20%. I bought it...

Hi all, I'm new here and have a few questions. I started a white Zinfandel kit with the intention of making most of it into sparkling Zinfandel. I'm...

Winemakers Rhubarb Wine It's 2 year rhubarb wine that I am trying to clear up. I added 12 oz of concord wine to a gal of rhubarb wine about three...

Wine makers I heard that that some winery use egg whites to make wine clear up. How much in a five gallon carboy or a 15 gallon barrel ??. Moe

I just bought the "The Wine Bible" by Karen MacNeil. I found it to be a very good book and well worth the delivered price of about $17 (Amazon). It covers a...

I have seen these oak barrels for sale on ebay. I would like to use them to store multiple bottles of asti champagne. I wanted to find out from someone who...

I searched this group and a few other places. I found that the skunky smell means Hydrogen Sulfide but no ideas on how to correct this. And, for future...

I have a patio that has and 8ft side then a 90 degree turn and a 14 ft side, is this enough space to grow grapes? 14 ft ------------+ | 8 ft ...

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I remember a few years ago having read in this NG a procedure for checking the progress of Malo without chromatographic paper. If someone has that...

I want to make a sparkling Rose using the chaptalisation method Has any one tried this? Have about 1200ltrs of rose so added yeast and sugar to each individual...