I recently bought myself a pump to use for my winemaking and brewing. It's mainly because I'm lazy and I'm sick of doing the siphoning thing. ;-) You can...

I made about 2.5 gallons of apple wine around Sept. or Oct. It's been sitting quietly in a carboy since then, but it hasn't cleared much at all. Should I let...

All, This has little to do with winemaking needs or requestions. I see and often contribute to these types of threads here. This has nothing to do with...

I've got 5-6 ton of 10 year old Chardonnay that has been used in the past for award winning champagne. I am looking to secure a buyer. Available in October....

Ok, not a REAL chocolate wine but I thought I would share the following: I got some "Stevia" from the health food store. Stevia now also comes in chocolate...

At the gentle encouragement of wife, I am in the process of moving my new wine storage operations to a new part of my cellar. I've cleared it out and built...

We all use a sieve at some piont in winemaking. But most of the time a kitchen sieve is too small for our purposes. Therefore I build a bucket-sieve something...

dear friends, i need some help regarding wine making from tamarind.for my college project.so please give me some guidelines for the same. thanks. Akshay

This is a subject that has come up time from time in this group. I think i have read up on this enough to know what it is, and how to work with it. My bigger...

The acidity of the must, the concentration of sugar, the availability of nutrient salts, the saturation of dissolved oxygen and the temperature of the must all...

Hi, I started a red wine made from my father in law's grapes. There's only a gallon of it, but it is rich and dense, almost black in colour. I think it will...

I will be moving soon and have some 54L DJ and a 55L barrel. These are too difficult to move intact so I am wondering what is the best way to move the wine...

Any one going to make wine from Chile? We have a source here in S. Jersey that imports truckloads of Juice and grapes. I have had good luck the past few years...

I need some advice. (again) I am aging my cabernet sauvignon in glass carboys. I would like to add oak to the process. My (not very well thought out) plan...

Does anyone have a recipe for Retsina and thank you in advance.

I've been challenged by a friend to make a Habenero/Pineapple wine. The desired end result is a cooking wine that's just a little too potent to drink without...

I have a 3 gallon batch of Berry Zinfandel (1/3 mixed berry wine, 2/3 Zinfandel) that's taken an incredibly long time to finish fermentation. I understand now...

Oh, and although I don't have my recipe in front of me, I do remember that as a base, I use either white grape juice or apple juice. Robert "Robert Lewis"...

i have made a batch of merlot and caberon sab. mixed, it onlky took 4 weeks to ferment, I bought a hydrometer can i just put it in carbouy to be sure its done

Well, I think i ruined my first batch. Winexpert Kit wine. Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. In step 1, I read "cover" the wine. I read that to mean cover it...

A few weeks ago I wrote an entry in my weblog that clearly showed the need for pectic enzymes in winemaking. This started me thinking further along this...

I am looking for recipe for Rowanberry wine. Can anyone help out? I have considered adapting a recipe for Rowanberry Wine by substituting honey for sugar. ...

Every winemaking book describes the use of pecto-enzymes. And of course I used it in all my fruit-wines. But I never really SAW the advantage of using these...

Is anyone aware of websites that spell out the effects of esters of various yeasts on the aroma and flavor in wine? Dick

I have one of those Vinters Reserve extract kits, it's a Chardonnay. It was in the primary for about 2 weeks, then I did the secondary part on 1/11. The OG...