De-lurk mode engaged Hi. I am brewing some mango wine and took a sample the other day. It was very flavorful, sparkling (still a bubble or two in the lock)...

Hello everyone, I'm glad to be here. I am just beginning to make wine at home and have a lot to learn. I'm hoping that I can add input but I'm afraid I'll be...

Just wanted to give a big thanks to everyone in the group. All your tips and tricks have been very useful on my first batch of wine. Although I have been a...

I have a kilo of rice syrup that I want to use up. I know that I can add it to malt extract for beer, but can I use it to make sake or wine?

Coming from a mead background, I'm not given to much precision with quantity-of-sulfites. That said, I'm attempting my first grape wine -- the Island Mist...

I actually made a couple of sets of "standard home design, computer-generated" labels ... a long time ago. But I quickly learned better. It takes time and...

Hello everyone, I'm glad to be here. I am just beginning to make wine at home and have a lot to learn. I'm hoping that I can add input but I'm afraid I'll be...

Wanting to start a blueberry wine, and we are short yeast energizer. Any common use item that we wouldn't have to wait 2 weeks to get something from a brew...

I recently started a new kit which I believed the sugar was low on(+/- 18 brix), and used pasteurized honey,alittle bit at a time to bring it up to about 22...

What would Be A Good Sg For A white Or Red Dry Wine. #1 Or So. Thanks For Any Info. = = = = = = =:) Summit600

I'm in the middle of making my first batch of wine - blackberry - using a kit. The directions on the kit label state that, at the time of bottling, flavor and...

Hi all The recipe on jack's website (welches 100% frozen concentrate) calls for wine yeast. Could someone tell me which to use?

I have two batches doing this; they both got off to a wonderful start, a Welch's Concord and a Juicy-Juice Cherry (primary contents apple and...

I was thinking about making a garlic or jalapeno wine or maybe together as garlic jalapeno. Is it necessary to age a cooking wine? Also since you only use...

i'm in san diego county and planting vinifera this month. i've read on the yahoo groups. anyone know of any other discussion on line about small...

In a poor atttempt to disrupt not only the rec.photo.equipment and rec.photo. digital groups (yet again) - and now posting on other usenet groups falsely under...

A few years back Clyde was talking about not using bentonite because kieselsol seemed to be doing the job of protein stability. I was wondering if anyone, or...

Hi all, If you reply to Lewis Lang's posts, they end up posted to rec.photo.digital for some reason. KD

Hi. I would like to get started making wine at home. How much realistically will I need to spend $$$, and what exactly will I really need to get started? Are...

Sorry, I can't respond to my original post, my newsreader can't seem to find the handle. Anyway, I've fined my SB with agglomerated bentonite (1 gram...

I know I know, not the right category but I figure those of us into homebrewing are more than likely also making pop at home? Any info would be appreciated...

Here is a link to a nice discussion on Stelvin type closures, among others. I knew New Zealand wines were heading this direction and thought this presentation...

Does port go through ML, or does the alcohol content also inhibit the Bacteria's growth? Also, does one have to sulfite a port? I'm not making one yet, just...

My fresh ruby-cab juice fermented well back in October and seems now to have gone into M/F activity. How long does this go on and can it be stopped?. The tiny...

I am new to this so forgive my ignorance... I am doing a wine kit. I did the primary, then racked to carboy, now it's almost time to add the other...