Hello, I have a wine sweetening spreadsheet for sweetening wine with sugar. It take the specific gravity of a wine and calculates the amount of sugar you...

Other than minor acid reduction, are there any significant benefits to cold stabilizing red wines? I'm working with several low pH / low acid red wines this...

Hello all. The recent thread on labels and corks raised a question. My stock of empties is a hodge-podge collection, with top inside diameters ranging from 17...

Hello all. I've made wine from grapes for 5 years with the last four on my own without the aid of my former group. The wines from that first year were...

Hi, all. I'm seeking advice again, though I read each thread in this newsgroup almost daily and have learned much. I have a 6 gallon Pinot Noir kit, just in...

Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with a couple of questions? I live in the UK but the wine bottles I recycle from family and friends come from the...

One of the great joys of wine is being able to select a bottle of wine from your own cellar, perhaps one that you've been storing for some years, draw the cork...

Hi, I'm making an apple wine and want to add 2 litres of Cranberry juice for color/body. I also need to add more sugar at this stage. Is it ok to boil down...

Ok, beer brewer here who's thinking about trying his hand at a kit wine. Probably use White Labs yeast and pick a fairly sweet wine to start with. Any...

Hi all, thought I'd put this to the group.... 23l apple wine from crushed fruit, champagne yeast, with nutrient at startup. Went well in primary , transferred...

Hey all, Anyone know the mass of 1 tsp of superfood in grams? And, what is the general practice for addition on a per gallon of must basis? TIA, Joe

What: The International Mead Festival is an event sponsored by The International Mead Association and is the worlds' largest and most prestigious mead...

i want to again thank everyone that helped me as i started making fruit wines in 2005. i think the most important thing i have learned is patience. wine that i...

Does anyone in this group follow the “finding” of the late Robert Kime I found in my archives: “Robert Kime, food science pilot plant manager at Cornell's...

So first time around (hopefully many more!) with grapes. 106 lbs. Needed to fortify, added bit more corn sugar and Tartaric acid to recommended numbers for cab...

Paul Lehmann (who posts here) gave me a little over 100 lbs of Chambourcin. He is eliminating them from his vineyard. Thanks Paul. Anyway, when I got to...

I've been following Jack Keller's recipe for Rhubarb wine. The basic procedure is: Mash rhubarb, put in straining bag in primary. Pour on water, set 3 days...

I discovered a box in my attic that must have got stuck there when we moved in 11+ years ago. In the box I found some extra wine & beer making materials,...

Hello, I am in the final stages of making some grape-wine. I have two gallons. I recently purchased a pouch of "Super-smoother for wine". The product lable...

Hi everyone, Sorry to plague you with yet more questions. Here's the situation. Have 20 gallons of Pinot Noir must that's been cold-soaking for 72 hours. I'm...

This is the second time I have tried to make wine from scuppernongs and both times it has been extremely cloudy. I fined it with egg white and got quite a bit...

I have been making beer for about 3 years but wine is a new adventure for me. I am considering growing grapes in my back yard in order to make small quantities...

Hi all, My Pinot Noir has just completed primary fermentation, been pressed, and is now settling out in several carboys. A healthy amount (1-1.5" deep) of...

I recent tried a Pineapple/Coconut wine that I thought was very good. Gentleman wouldnt give out any infomation on how he did it. (ribbon collector guy)....

does anyone know what kind of soil is needed to grow a good vine for wine? i live in queens ny and was going to grow a vine in my back yard ... obviously i...