Just did final (hopefully) rack of grape wine made from home grown grapes. SG is .994,, wine clear with no off odors. Hope to bottle this week. When we...

If somebody gives you a bottle of wine you opened and it tasted bad; here is what you do. Top it up with water or cheap wine, re-cork and give it away as a...

Sometime in the next 2-4 weeks I hope to make a couple of one gallon batches of pumpkin wine using Jack's recipe. I was wondering if there are any tricks to...

Has anyone included molassas as a sugar? How about Gatoraid as an ingrediant? Please no failure stories, just something drinkable, and then how drinkable was...

I have a friend that owns a relatively new winery. He is growing several varieties common to the Midwest, one of which is Chamborcin. He treats all of his...

Hi Tom, I was just browsing through and was reading your website. Are you decribing a woman or a wine on the back label of that '02 chard? Congratulations on...

Anyone in here use Succanat sugar for wines? How about Maple Sugar? Think there are two others I'm forgetting. Just curious, see them at health food store...

I just started making from scratch this year after years of using kits. Frequntly when I perform my first rack, even if the thing is still visibly bubbling...

My sister has asked me for wines made from cranberries, any sort I might find. I'm looking to do a batch or two from Welch's 100% White-Grape Cranberry, and I...

I made my first batch of wine this season. I made it from a grape vine in my yard. The grapes may be a cross between Isabella and Couderc Noir from what I have...

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I just tasted my apple cider that has been fermenting with turbo yeast about 3 weeks now. I didn't expect ,much, but it tastes pretty good and has a fair...

This year I made separate wine batches of Cab franc and cab sauv and I have a batch of 2004 merlot bulk aging . I did my usual MLF and will be...

An aquaintence of mine accidentally oversweetened his elderberry wine. Instead of adding a 1/2 cup sugar per gallon, he added 1 cup. This was a 3 gallon batch,...

Anybody have a link with information about federal requirements and fees to start a winery? I have the State info for Texas. State fee is $75 Thanks, John Mc

I was thinking of making some home-brew sparkling wine, only in a keg. Here is my plan so far: Purchase kegging equipment and several 3 gallon corney kegs get...

I started a plum wine from scratch earlier this year. In secondary, it developed an infection, waxy coatings on the surface of the wine. Through two...

Well, I just wanted to say hi all. I started making cheap wines a few years ago, then meads and for the last year I have been brewing beer. I have a 15 gallon...

I am a beginning winemaker and decided to start with an apple cider. I placed the tannins and acide and campden into a jug of natural apple juice with no...

Has anyone done a side by side comparison of wines where one was fermented on the oak chips and the other was bulk aged on the oak chips? Was there a...

Hi all. I am using Jack's recipe for Apple Cider / Juice wine. The Apple Cider has been 10 days in the primary and still is 1.100. I'd like to confirm, that...

first i d like to thank you for the help i recieved this year as a new wine maker.i havent made grape wine,but made from what fruit i could get free....

My friend has a pomegranite tree and it's full of ripe pomegranites that need to be picked ASAP! Can anyone point me in the right direction on making wine...

I have several wines and meads that I used fresh squeezed orange juice along with grating the rind (being careful not to hit the white pith) and all of the...

Greetings, I am new to the newsgroup, and to winemaking. I am a former homebrewer - had to give that up when I was diagnosed with type II diabetes a couple...