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It was a Vinters Reserve wine kit - I'm not sure what kind of yeast I already threw the packet away. It is bubbling so I am assuming it is fermenting. My best description of the smell: we thought it was our turtles' water tub at first - like an algae turtle water smell. Our house isn't very...

We just started our first wine (merlot) from a kit. It is now day 4 and we have been away for the last two days. When we came home our house had a bad smell - sort of like juice gone bad. Is this normal?