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I have to start with my wife loves apple wine. My first "wine" was edwort's apfelwien and i do it often. I have 10 cans of welch's white grape (sorry JohnT I said welch's) and 10 cans of apple juice treetop brand. So i was thinking the 20 cans and water to 5 gallons. Montrachet yeast. yeast...

My wife said for her birthday she would like me to start a Chardonnay kit. I would appreciate suggestions for a good kit in the 100 to 200 range. She likes the buttery oaky white wines. Started my cc Yakima valley merlot yesterday!

I searched and read a few thing. I was wondering if some one could direct me to info on how they adjust/test tannin. I have mainly followed recipes adjusting TA and SG and I'm trying to improve my process for every thing.

Just bought a used once mini jet for 140.

My rhubarb wine is very good except it tastes like Rhubarb. I did just a little oak. Very nice not as acidic as the last batch.

I just bought one of these from eBay for 14. I'm looking forward to trying. pH-009 IA Pen Type pH Meter Digital Tester Hydro From US Someone on here said it works well.

What yeast should I use with Barbera? I went to Delicato and picked up 34 gallons of 76% Barbera and 24% Rubi red. At 3.65$ per gallon it is hard to beat. They recommended RC-212. Great place. http://www.mantecabulletin.com/archives/6791/

I have been given some small peaches. They taste good. Should i remove the skin and the pit before making wine?

Hi all, I have 4 gallons of blueberry elderberry(14%) that I would like to try for a port. I did the claculator and it said to add 1 gallon of 90 proof brandy to get 20% abv. questions. 1) is 20% good for the port? 2) Should i sorbet and sulfite? 3) what is a good starting point for the s.g...

Hi, I have not been on for a while. Other things got in the way of wine making(new baby, jeep,..). I mixed this up this morning. 60 oz of dried blueberries from Costco 1 lb dried = about 6 lb of fresh 4 lbs of raisins 6 gallons of water tsp. pectic enzyme sg to 1.095...

Need some advice on cleaning a barrel.. A friend gave me a barrel that is from 2000 so it is neutral. He made a very nice wine in it last year and bottled about 2 months ago, but was not able to clean it. Smells bad and has some residual wine. I was going to pressure wash, let dry then burn...

Hi, I have some new grapes and I would like to control the watering much better. I have them on 1 gph emitters how ofter and how long should I water. I'm in Nevada with almost no rain. 1st year? 2nd year? ... Thank you, Nate

Wow great customer service. I ordered 7 plants and they arrived right when they said they would. I highly recommend Double a Vineyards! The plants have about 18" of roots and look awesome. Shipping was $15. I ordered 4 the first day and 3 the second and they combined the orders and refunded...

I have been making cheap wine. Recently I decided I would only try to make good wine. So I picked one of these up at the local HBS. Any thoughts?

I have made a lot of apple wine. Some good some not. This one turned out pretty good. Notes 4.5 Gallons Apple Juice walmart brand 100% apple juice 5 Grape Juice Welch's 100% white grape juice no sugar added 11.5 oz cans 4 lbs Sugar walmart brand...

I added bentonite to the primary when I racked to secondary it left little or no sedimate, so most of the bentonite is in the secondary. Can I wait three months to rack or should I do it sooner. The lees are very compact in the secondary. What does extended time on bentonite do? Thank you...

Hi, If this is not in the right place let me know. I have been making wine for a year and i'm planning to keg some skeeter pee. I have the keg, co2, and picnic tap set up for 1 corny keg. I have 2 more corny kegs I would like to use as well. -How long will wine last in the keg? -Should I...

I just read vines to wines again and the author mentions a few wines that were only good for 1/2 hour after opening, but I know I have had a Barbara that was much better the next day. My young cheap wines seem to be better decanted and ran though an aireator after about an hour, They have very...

So i picked up juice 56% alicante 29% syrah 15% rubired. sg. 20.3 ta 0.74 ph 3.5. I added sugar to 23 brix, 2 tbs of ground oak, and red star pastuer red yeast. I split the fermentation in to 8 6.5 gallon buckets approx 5 gallons in each. Then i added 12 lbs of tempranillo (23 brix) to 4...

We picked 5 trash bags full of elderberries over the weekend. We have been processing them and now have about 30 lbs in the freezer ready to make wine. I still have 3 bags to process in the fridge. Wow a lot of work! I had no idea how much 5 bags would be. I'm planing to use this recipe...