I've just found a source of "unfiltered apple juice" at a reasonable price. I've never made wine from apple juice before and am wondering how much I would...

I am interested in making a batch of port the non-fortified way (I want to make it by adding sugar until the alcohol level is high enough). I'm not interested...

Hi, all. I'm doing a road trip soon, and just wondered if any of you know of any wine making supply stores in this path... Winston-Salem, NC Wytheville,...

I made a batch of apple wine about 6 months ago and forgot to clean out my primary after transfer. Anyway, it has set for all that time with gross lees and...

After a few years of smaller batches (5 to 25 gallons) of wines, will be moving up to some larger crushes this year - 30+ gallons. Am interested in moving to...

I recently learned that you can remove gas from a carboy by fitting a VacuVin vacum pump to it. So I did just that. Mind you, this is a wine to which I...

3 pints blueberries 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup honey 2 teabags 1 Tsp lemon juice 1 packet yeast 1 gallon water boil water

All, I am looking for 2.5 gallons (US) carboys. Is there anywhere on-line selling them? I have one and can't remember where I got it, since it's been a few...

Hi there Can anyone recommend a good recipe/website/book which will help me create wine from the elderberries, currants (blue ones from a ribes shrub) and...

So far, in every batch of wine that I've fermented, be it grapes or other fruit, the specific weight has dropped from about 1.09 to 1.0 in only three days. Is...

Ok Im new and have 1 kit an Aus Shriaz currently bulk aging. I started my second, an Island Mist Symphony kit last night and missed the part of just using the...

Hi All, I'm a homebrewer who would like to try a little winemaking on the side. Seeing as how all of my big 5 gal glass carboys are currently "occupied", I...

I know I should standardize my iodine with pot. thiosulphate prior to each use, but I can't find the instructions spelled out for me on how to do this. Can...

Hi, I have long thought about giving this a go, (the amount of money my wife and I spend on wine should have spurred me on long ago), but have now decided to...

Stirling Winery has 27 wines made up of citrus, fruits, berries and a surprise or two with veggies. Strawberry Cream Sherry, Grapefruit and Tangerine...

Welcome newbie, If you look through this newsgroup you will see most folks referencing Jack Keller's Winemaking website: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/ I...

I have two separate gallons of Zinfandel that are about a month away from bottling. One gallon was oaked at the last racking but has had no tannin added, the...

anyone know what happened to this? I've relied on it quite a bit the last couple of years. http://www.homewine.com/forms/grape_sources.shtml alternatively,...

I am thinking of pulling some Chambourcin and planting Cabernet Sauvignon in their place. Someone said that unless you get all the roots, the remaining...

I have a large batch of blackberry (18 gallons) that I started in early April of this year which developed H2s in the primary, I splashed transferred and...

I hope everyone was able to see tonight's episode on the History Channel. It dealt with the history, as well as up to date the history of modern day brewing....

Hello everyone. I need your opinions on a crazy idea I had for a product recently. This is so simple, it's either a dumb idea or a good solution to an age-old...

How much Potassium Metabisulphate should one add to water to make a sanitizing solution? Does anyone have an opinion and if so thank you in advance.

An odd one. After many years of making wine from fruit other than grapes, I am now faced with a bumper crop of greenhouse Black Hamburg. I have never been...

This was my first year making wine and I guess I should have tested my acid more often. Harvested Foch last Oct with a Brix of 18 and TA 9.2, PH 3.3. I did...