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So ive made wine from grapes as a kid on a huge scale, and ive made wine from buckets of juice in the last few years, so decided to make a cab from grapes on a small scale (2x36lb lugs) this year. I punched the cap ~4 times a day, and just did my first rack about 5 weeks after primary...

I am racking my wine for the first time, and wanted to verify that I am sterilizing it correctly. This is what I have done... 1. Clean food grade 6 gallon bucket (same bucket I got juice in) with soap and water. 2. Put approximately 1 gallon of water into bucket, and add 3 tablespoons of...

I'm just about to start making my first batch, and saw very different opinions on whether to use an airlock during the primary fermentation phase. My grandfather and father always used an airlock, but i see online that others say that it should remain exposed to air as the yeast needs air to...