Is there some way to grow yeast using a homemade alternative to the yeast energizer sold for wine making? I'd like to be able to re-use the yeast from one...

Wednesday night I am attending a wine making class at a local store. I see they have a Riesling kit which I may get for my wife. Is this particular brand...

I have a Vinbrite Filter and have been using a Crystal Brite pad with a Vinbrite paper filter underneath it, per their instructions. I just filtered a wine...

I have two 3 gallon galss carboys that I have used for the last several years. I am now abandoning winemaking for the forseable future and need to get rid of...

I had a glass of homemade wine at a friend's house and decided to jump into the hobby. So Saturday I went out and got a bunch of "stuff" and whipped up my...

Okay, I'm thinking of trying a Champagne... excuse me, sparkling wine. I have descriptions on the basic procedure, but need some sort of riddling rack in...

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I have a Swiss-Mex backpack sprayer and need to spray some sulfur. Micronized is availble but can't seem to find 'wettable'. Micronized ok in this...

I've got a batch of muscadine that has a *really* tart taste. My notes show the initial acid level was 0.7%. It has occurred to me that maybe I should have...

I am planning to make a blackberry port soon. I'm trying to keep the berry taste in the final result, which I think means using more fruit than for a...

There is a lot of opinions on this one!!! How do you treat your corks before bottling? Do nothing and insert dry, soak in Kmet solution, simmer in water with...

Hello all, I find myself in a peculiar circumstance. It all boils down to the folowing question, to cut a long story short..... Is it feasible to produce...

I have been making wine for your and until recently never had problems lifting 23L carboys from floor to table for bottleing etc. Now I have put my back out...

I have been using DAP and Fermaid K and was wondering if I just used Fermaid K without the DAP would that be sufficient?

I am about to make another 23 litres of beer. This time I am debating if I should use icing sugar instead of corn sugar. Anyone knows the difference?

I posted this earlier under the 'drying out my red wines' but I'll repost under a new subject in hopes I can obtain an answer. I have 15 gallons of Cab Sauv...

All, When my wife went on a diet and switched from sugar to Splenda, I wondered how I could make Port that she could drink. Since she has been using...

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ah. The joy of watching grandkids AND trying to do next steps in winemaking. I messed up. I am making the Island Mist Mango Citrus Symphony kit (6 gallons)...

Hi, I've asked questions about this before, and I was referred to a book by Margalit called "Winery technology and operations handbook" which, although very...

Greetings... I realise this is a silly question but, what is the life span of the dandelion plant / weed... Larry

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Hi everyone. I was hoping someone could clarify some instructions on my first attempt at wine with a kit. I started a Vitners Reserve Shiraz kit and the...

What year you usually put on a label? When wine was bottled or when primary fermentation was started? I have some capsicumel which I started fermenting in the...