Recent content by Stevelaz

Thanks! I'm sitting in the yard now having a glass of wine! At least i have no problems with that!

Just wanted to give a shout-out to the All in One. I recently broke my ankle a few months ago and have been putting off filtering and bottling my last years Chilean wine i have in the basement. I have 24 gallons in demi and carboys. I also have another 24 gallons from this year in another...

Speaking of bottles, I just bought a couple cases of the green Bordeaux style and they have no punt. Is that a big deal?

Glass termites?

Thanks for all the advise.... Ok, the other day i backsweetened the Chardonnay to just about under 1.000. I then chilled it to how the wife likes to drink it. She liked it but wanted to add apricot flavoring because she read her wine she likes has hints of apricot to it...I added half bottle of...

Any idea how much simple syrup i will need to get sg from 0.994 to 1.000

No it did not

Thanks, sounds good! I am going to use a simple syrup. The wine conditioner is old anyway. I also just realized my sorbate is about 1.5 years old. Should i get a fresh jar or do you think i will be ok? Thanks again!

Im getting ready to bottle my wifes Chardonnay. I have 6 gallons and i have to backsweeten it to get it to her liking. Right now the sg is at 0.994 and i want to go to about 1.000 or a bit less. 1.000 is the sg of the commercial chardonnay she likes to drink. Is that amount of sweetening...

I'm really not sure how long its been there, have not really look at it for at least a month. Its like cream colored specks. I also used a paper towel and got most out before racking. It was mushy and really had no bad odor to it. Kinda looked like maybe leftover yeast, malo culture, or...

Went down to check on my wine and i saw some weird substance floating on top of a 6 gallon carboy of Carmenere and also in a jug of Merlot. Very little in my demi john of Merlot. Ive have had on oak spirals for about 9 weeks and also did malo on this years batch. I used a turkey baster to get...

I just finished racking after malo completing. My Carmenere taste pretty good so far but im a little worried about the merlot. I know its early but Its kinda harsh right now.. Im aging now with oak spirals...

Im starting to rack this years Chilean, just finished mlf. I have a 6 gallon Carmenere , a 14 gallon Demi john and 4 gallon better bottle of Merlot to do to start bulk aging. Yesterday I bottled a 5 gallon Merlot left from last year to make some room. Used all in one to rack and bottle...

I tasted them both today in fact.... The one that has been going through mlf and i believe is complete, taste pretty darn good for being only 3.5 months old. I will be racking soon, adding oak and bulk aging. The non-mlf one from last year taste pretty darn good too but seems like it has more...

I have a Chilean Merlot in a demi john that i wanted to top up. I have read here to top up with a similar wine. My wine in the demi has gone through MALO but the wine from last year, also a merlot, did not. Is it ok to top up the wine that has gone through Malo with a wine that has not? Thanks.