Recent content by Robert Cornell

I adapted the recipe to 5 gallons from the winemaker's recipe handbook. Here are the basics: Approximately 15lbs Beets, washed, peeled, cut-up and simmered until tender. 2 1/2 lbs chopped raisins approximately 12 lbs of sugar (to obtain starting Sp Grav of 1.100) 10 tsp...

I am in the middle of primary fermentation of a 5 gallon batch of Beet (yes I said Beet) wine. The recipe I used does not call for pectic enzyme, however in reading a few other recipes, I see all the others call for it. My question is, will it hurt anything if I add pectic enzyme 4 days into...

I have plenty of sugar too if the recipe would work better with sugar than honey..... Thanks again!

I am overwhelmed with cantaloupe (musk melon) this year, so much so that the family is sick of it! I wanted to use some of the melons for wine. Anyone have a good recipe using honey? I have a couple of 5 gallon buckets of honey and somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 melons.......It looks like I...