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I have strawberry wine that is ready to bottle. I would like to try and add some chocolate to some of it. Was thinking chocolate liqueur, chocolate vodka? Anyone ever try this? Thoughts? Thanks,

So I'm in the process of steaming strawberries. I have a few questions. How do you know your done steaming a batch? It looks like the berries are still wet in the top pot, but nothing has come out of the hose in 10 minutes or so. I probably got 2 gallons of juice out of the full pot. No clogs I...

I want to make a grapefruit wine. I've read the recipes on here. What does everyone think about using juice instead of the actual fruit? And how much per gallon?

I have a strawberry wine that I put super kleer into a week ago. About 1/4 inch of sediment but still very cloudy. I'm figuring I need to add pectic enzyme. Should I rack first to get off the sediment from the super kleer or just stir it all up again with the addition of the pectic enzyme?

I need to make an f-pak for my strawberry wine and thought about using DaVinci Gourmet® All Natural Flavored Syrups instead. Anyone ever try this? Thoughts???

I have several bottles of wine in cases. Should I store these bottles upside down to keep the cork wet? :dg

Came across this, so just had to share. What do you think?

Old Orchard Cran/Pom INGREDIENTS: Filtered water, apple juice concentrate, aronia berry juice concentrate, grape juice concentrate, pomegranate juice concentrate, citric acid, plum juice concentrate, natural flavors, fumaric acid, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), cranberry juice concentrate...

I was given a sealed bag of chocolate from a port kit that broke open and couldn't be sold. It could be a couple of years old... is it still good?

I racked and oaked 4 wines today. Muscat, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, and Zin Blush. Soooooooo how long should I leave on the oak chips? I put 1 oz of chips in each as per the directions on the package. Light oak in the mascot and french medium in the other three.

I have always added raisins to my wines for body. I have read that you can just use Welch's grape juice instead. Cleaner and easier to use. Jack Keller even said he doesn't use raisins anymore. So what do you think? Will juice give the same body as raisins?

New wine rack finished. Capacity 204 bottles. Now I think I need to match it on the other wall :p

A friend of mine asked me how long would a fruit wine last? I told him it does get better with age. So how long of a shelf life does fruit wine have? I know grape wines have a longer shelf life? Correct?

Racking my peach wine. In this order. Rack add campden and sorbate, fpack and (here is the question) super kleer at the same time? Then back sweeten after the next racking. Thanks All, what a great place for info.

Started a peach wine today. Five lb's of peaches per gallon. I took 20 lb's of peaches and simmered to make a fpac. I wont need the fpac for a week or two. What do I do with the fpac for that time? Refrigerate it? Freeze it?

Started a peach wine today. Five lb's of peaches per gallon. I took 20 lb's of peaches and simmered to make a fpac. I wont need the fpac for a week or two. What do I do with the fpac for that time? Refrigerate it? Freeze it?

Hi All, I started a rose petal wine on 3-11 (SG 1.090) Racked to secondary 8 days later at 1.040. It has been at that reading for 5 days or so. It shows very little activity in the airlock. How do I get this to ferment out dry?