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I am about to start a batch of Welches Concord Grape concentrate wine. I have read many of the recipes and picked one I like. With my recipe, I know I am going to: 1. use 3 cans per gallon for better body 2. start with a SG at 1.080 so I will get about 12% alcohol so it...

I have just finished up three different Wine Experts Grand Cru International kits. I did the German Mueller-Thurgau, the White Zinfandel, and the South African Chenin Blanc. I have seen different suggestions on aging them. Are there benefits to bulk aging these kits over bottling and aging them...

Does anyone have a good, proven recipe for making wine from Concord Grape concentrate? I had some that I tried at a wine tasting event awhile back and the person that brought it didnt make it and didnt have the recipe for it. It was very good..lightly sweet and you could definatley tell it was...

I had a friend who ordered me a Chateau Classico kit from Ebay that is supposed to be a 16L kit of California White Zen. Has anyone done one of these kits? I have read some bad stories about low end wine kits, but this one has 16L of juice, so I was just wondering if anyone else had tried them...

My local home brew store has a Grand Cru Petite Sirah wine kit that I am thinking about purchasing. I know that the 10 liter kits are considered lower quility because of the smaller amount of grape juice concentrate. Has anyone purchased a Grand Cru kit and only rehydrated it to 5 gallons as...

Does anyone have a good recipe for making Prickly Pear Cactus wine? The prickly pear cactus in the Texas panhandle have exploded with fruit this year and I have harvested and steamed 6 gallons of juice. I have made jelly before from this, but never wine. The jelly is awesome so i would think it...

I was given a ton of apricots from a friends tree and have finally finished steam juicing them all and ended up with just over 6 gallons of juice. I want to make a wine out of the pure juice without adding any water. Anyone have a good recipe for this or thoughts on how to do it? This was my...

Has anyone made a batch of the fruit jam wine with any flavor? It sounds really good, and I would think it would taste alot like a regular fruit wine, but was curious if anyone had finished out one...any flavor...and liked it?

Has anyone attempted to make a wine using the pure pomegranite juice now available in most stores? I have tried a commercial one I found from a winery in New York, but havent found it again and wanted to try it myself. The juice is pricey in the store, so I wanted to see if anyone had a proven...

After doing a few of the flavored kit wines, it seemed to me that they were making a fast low alcohol wine that was drinkable when it was finished simply by adding a "flavor pack". This flavor pack tasted to me simply like a flavored syrup...so I have tried my own attempt at this without a kit...

Hi everyone..my name is Larry and I live in Lubbock, Texas. I have been an avid "newbie" wine maker for about 5 years. I have made a lot of kit wines very successfully, but have only recently started making country wines that were actually drinkable! I have used the information on here and other...