Recent content by KnappStcellars

Good to hear it was good, mine has been in bottle for a little over a month, where not touching it till fourth of July Weeknd, it will be close to 3 months at that point, we'll try one, but plan on letting the rest of it age more.. I'm sure,, unless it's just soo good we drink it all to...

Ok, I bottled my first kit about a month ago, racked a few times and used all the tools to botle it, looked great while bottling. I looked at a bottle last night just out of a wim and noticed a dark sediment area on the side of the bottle, figured that must have been my last bottle, but noticed...

Thats is the same kit I got with my starter kit that I bought in February as well. ours is still in the carboy awaiting the bottlling which will be in a week or so... I have not report on it yet.. so please keep me up to speed, would be curiuos on how long it will take as well..

Thanks all.. it's a great forum.. I have one local shop in town that carries supplies which is nice too for little things like an extra stir spoon and sanitizer and such, but I am very pleased with what I bought from George and he has been awesome answering my stupid questions when i first...

I have been making wine for just about 2 weeks now. yep 2 weeks, bought a Kit from George in February and started in on the 20th. It's a Village Vintner Cabernet Sauv. I've read, ad reread many posts on this site which has been great help. I am just following the directions per George for this...

The directions don't say anything about stirring ever, but I did stir while in primary.. and I did stir a few times in secondary.. at first all my oak was floating and now after 4 days the oak has settled and I have not more foaming at the top? I think Fermenation is ending, but it says to wait...

Ok, one more question, I racked to Carboy on Sunday Morning, and per my instructions (I'm sticking with them on first batch) I added oak to the carboy first then racked the wine.. no volcano or any problem.. I'm at about 1.000 on Sunday, so I'm pretty close and not alot of activity in carboy...

super new here and this is my first post, as it was my first question.. Do you stir during the fermentation process.. I just started my first batch, MM Cab Sauv and it started active fermentation yesterday. should I stir each day? how much, just a little or minutes? Thanks