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Default Lessons learned in home wine making.

> Oh yeah, I forgot one. If you get four winemakers together you get five
> opinions on how to ferment wine.


And the funny thing is they are all probably right. Wine makes itself
in spite of what we do to it.

Never overfill a carboy with must from fruit of any kind. Murphy's
Law states that "If there is one particle of solid material in the
carboy it will be light enough to balance on the foam and large enough
to plug the opening of the airlock. The result is similar to a
volcanic eruption, if it's really bad wine it would make a great You
Tube video...

Joe
 
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