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Well I racked off of the oak yesterday. I like to taste my wine as it progresses and usually at this point. So I tasted this one , oh my. Lets just say that it can't get much worseI think my tougue even turned upside down.When I get to the right stage, I'm planning on back-sweeting, oh most...

All that work & well that's sure not what I wanted to hear Has anyone thought of makeing this into a sweet concentrate to add to another wine at the end?? Like when making those wines that come with F-packs??? Like making up your own... say a Fig-White Merlot ??? Is it possible to do...

I've started a Lambrusco and it's doing the same thing your's did. So far it's had the most active fermentation of any wine I've made, I sure was glad that my primary is a 9 gal size or it would have exploded out over the sides. I'm about at the end of the "oak" phase, sg rose to 0.994 in no...

old post's but it's relavant to what I want to make.... FIG wine I've got 2 fig trees and they'r both loaded down with figs(green right now). So I'll be waiting until they're ripe. Anyone got a "guess-ta-ment" on how many pounds of fruit come off one tree?? Question, you'all that made the fig...

Well that's a funny question because I could have swore that I ordered the CRP but today I finally got around to pulling everything out of the box and starting this kit. Inside is the Orange Chocolate F pack. I was seriously looking forward to the CRP and tomorrow I'm gonna search around and see...

Grapestompers is where I ordered my CRP from, my local winery was sold out too. It arrived to my front door super fast. I've decided to bottle mine in the billisimo (spelling???) bottles and went to my local shop to buy. EEEEK, the price of those bottles! Oh, well, that's what I wanted my port...

Another thing you can do, if you find you still have some of it left over after using it to backsweeten another batch, is give some away to your friends that like the really sweet wine!!! But if I had that stuff, I would use it to cook with!!! Can't you just taste it after being reduced with...

thank you!!! I'm just hoping I get to hear from my daughter that's stationed in Cuba!!! I'll be very happy when I get to see her again.... TinaLouise

I too was able to find a Chocolate Raspberry kit from a winery that I order from here in my state. Now I've got to waiton one of my two primarys. Question: since this is basicly a 1/2 sized kit to all the one's that I've done before.... do I also need a 1/2 sized carboy??? (a 3 gal vs a 6...

I've got a question for you, seeing as how you've made a lot of the sweet wine kits..... I'm going to be making a red, a white and probably a blush, all in the "sweet" type, for my daughters wedding next spring. (I will have a few bottles of dry types of wine but my experience with people's...

and remember tohave "patience" and allow the wine to age after you make it!!!

Now you'all have done it, again. Yesterday I went to my local wine shop and tried their sampling port. It was my first time ever trying a port and it was gooood Now I find out that there's "CHOCOLATE" port !! That will have to go on my list to buy!!!

this is just a quick question ... Last night I started a CC 16L 6week kit, WHITE Merlot. I've not made a white before. The question... It doesn't come with oak and you'all were talking about adding oak to the reg merlot. Could oak be added to a white?? Has anyone done that??? Do you think that...

I've just got to the first racking stage. Weird directions, there was no secondary fermentation (where you rack off the lee's, it just stayed in the primary the whole time ??!!!) Just added the f-pack (that smelled very "raspberry like"). Now gotta wait some more and it'll be bottling time. I...

That's the "spirit" !!!