I would like to enter in to the realm of blending wines. This is what I was thinking of doing. Pinot Noir and Shiraz blend broken down as follows 10 bottles...

When I got my first wine kit the guy tossed in something called "One Step - No Rinse Cleaner". According to the label it cleans with oxygen and rinsing is not...

with summer approaching us, i wonder, has anyone a tutti fruitti recipe to recommend? my wife & i often have more mixed fruit on hand that we can consume. if...

Hi. when I was younger I used to make wine from wild grape growing here in eastern Canada. Most of the time , it ended up tasting horrible.... I would like to...

I'm making a Cabernet from a Selection brand kit. For the secondary fermentation in the carboy I'm supposed to wait 10 days and then check the specific gravity...

Can soda ash be added to wine to reduce acidity and not affect flavor too much? Is this a stupid newbie question?

Happens every year. I made some Pinot Gris from juice this year. Pretty good so far. A few weeks ago, I fined with agglomerated bentonite at 0.5 grams per...

Hello. Working on some dandelion wines now - first attempts in 40 years. Technology sure has changed! At any rate, a recipe from Jack Keller (Dandelion #30)...

Has anyone made port using Lum's berry port recipe? How did it come out? Thanks. Franco

Do wine kits impart the same health benefits as regular wine? Dave

Hi, I am planning to bottle sparkingling apple cider. I will let the fermentation go to completion and then add the cider with unfermented juice for sugar...

Can anyone tell me what is the optimum aging period for a 4 week wine kit after it is made. (Red & White)

Hi, I have always bottled the wine with the wine from the top of the source bottle. Just the other day I thought that if I first remove the stuff on...

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I remember a post some (long) time ago about how to maintain a electrode. The poster's employment required him to be very knowledgeable in the matters...

I got my first acid test kit recently, but I guess I hadn't really absorbed how they work, and I discover to my dismay that because of my color blindness I am...

Hi: The archives indicate there are two methods to train bilateral cordons. One is pinching the top of the main trunk cane and training two laterals as...

Neil Goldschmidt, former Governor of Oregon, Mayor of Portland, U.S. Transportation Secretary under the Jimmy Carter administration and executive of Nike is...

Help Please! I'm trying to find a supplier of clear glass carboys that do not have those stupid ridges. All I can find now are the ridged ones. I don't like...

I am getting ready to start new batch and want to use 10 pounds of fresh cherries.. Unfortunately, I have only been able to get a hold of canned, pitted...

I started some grape juice wine on 5/1/06. The yeast was lalvin 1122 wetted on 5/2/06. Starting S.G. was 1.125. Yes, were trying for a Mad Dog 20/20 style...

Help Please! I'm trying to find a supplier of clear glass carboys that do not have those stupid ridges. All I can find now are the ridged ones. I don't like...

A friend gave me some half-boiled sap to start some maple wine the other day, but I think it was a bit more than half-boiled... the starting SG was off the...

I have for a long time wanted to make spruce beer with real twigs. I am looking an recipe. Thanks in advance

Help Please! I'm trying to find a supplier of clear glass carboys that do not have those stupid ridges. All I can find now are the ridged ones. I don't like...