[Dominick]

Ordered my alljuice Nero d'Avola kit last week and my equipment waiting for it all to arrive.

Seems like this variety is strong and dry from what I been reading about this variety. Hopefully it turns out great, and not ending up tasting like vinegar.

Hehe.. Excited to start!!!

I never read so much about wine in my life...
..also excited about my natural grapes... thats gonna be fun as well.

It seems im gonna need more land I wanna plant more vines next year!!

Im hooked

[Bert]

Welcome Dominick......This hobby can get addicting....Hope you have some fun with it too...

[Mike1973]

Welcome. I've been reading a lot the last couple months too, there is a lot to learn! Good luck with your wine, the nice thing is that with the kits, I think you are much less likely to make vinegar! Just follow the instructions and ask here for help!

[grapeman]

Good luck with the kit dominick. It will help you to learn the basics of the winemaking process. Should be a good one.

[Wade E]

Dont worry about the land to much, Id worry about needing more room in your house.

[Dominick]

Im lucky to have a huge unfinished basement with concrete floor/foundation. space not a problem, can fit many oak barrels down there one day hehe.

[Wade E]

Thats a good thing. I took over 2/3rds of my basement and built a wine cellar on 1 side and a wine making room on the other. Im in the process of finishing the rest and turning that into our master bedroom.

[JimCook]

See - wade's got the right idea - keep yourself as close to the wine as possible (in case you need a midnight drink).


- Jim

[Dominick]

hehe.. got the juice kit today, i have not opened the boxes yet or the compound bucket with the juice. I have 1 concern thats bugging me...

I just went into my basement, and it has an odor of basement.
My question is will this affect the smell and taste of my wine.

I think the answer will be YES, and if it is...

What can i do about it?

My basement is huge, maybe 40x20feet long and fully unfinished and empty. It would be a shame if i couldnt use it for wine making.

[Wade E]

If it smells like that then it probably needs a good cleaning and de musting. You can make wine in there but I would use an airlock at all times in this case. the airlock prevents any 02 from entering but allows C02 to escape through the fluid in the airlock.