Sorry, I'm not sure I understand your question. Why what? What signs?

If you mean why would I continue with something that did not smell good --
well because taste and smell can be fooled. If I stopped every wine that
tasted or smelled bad at any stage, very few wines would make it past a few
months old. I always give a wine a full chance and it often pulls through
these problems. This one did not.

Ray

"sgbrix" > wrote in message
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> "Ray" > wrote in message
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> > I ordered a BK port wine kit 2 years ago. When I got it, it was
leaking.
> > The mail order store kindly and promptly replaced it. When I opened the
> > second one it smelled bad, kind of rotten, but I made it anyway.
> ---snip
>
> I certainly know the impatiens of trying to make wine out of anything,
> but. why.? You don't read the signs?
>
> SG Brix