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I'm trying to make some wine from locally grown grapes that are very high in acid content. So far this is what I have.--- Picked, destemmed, and crushed 40 pounds of grapes. Added the equivalent of 4 campton tablets. The sg is1.062, PH=2.87, TA=2.4%. I took 12 pounds of chokecherries out of...

I found an interesting article on Wikipedia that claims that to get the full health benefits from red wine, it should be sipped slowly. Here is a copy and paste from the article. "To fully get the benefits of resveratrol in wines, it is recommended to sip slowly when drinking wines. Due to...

I just received my hanna ph tester and it looks like I will also need several types of solutions for calibration, cleaning and storage. Do I really need all of these or can I get by with just the two calibration solutions? Also these solutions are available in a single use packet or a larger...

For those that are able to measure their SO2 levels, how much SO2 would there typically be after one year in the bottle? Two years? Etc. Does the level decrease at a steady rate? Thanks.

This is my first batch of skeeter pee. Tonight is the night that I racked, stabilized and added a clearing agent. I did not use the sparkoloid as called for in the recipe, instead I used bentonite and egg white. The wine started clearing within minutes. It has now been about a half hour and the...

I have a wine that has almost completed its malolactic fermentation. I am wondering if it is possible to preserve this MLF culture and use it again next year. I read that if you do a MLF inside a wooden barrel then any future wine that you store inside that barrel will also undergo a MLF...

I just finished adding ascorbic acid to some apple wine that I am making. It prevents browning and acts as an antioxidant. Now I am wondering, if ascorbic acid acts as an antioxidant, then would it be OK to substitute this for k-meta in other wines? Particularly if the wine has undergone a MLF...

I have a chokecherry wine that is bulk aging in a 23 liter carboy. I hope to keep it there for another 4 months but because I have a set back thermostat for my furnace I am noticing that when the house is cool the airlock pressure is negative and one or two air bubbles are introduced into the...