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Do you sanitize your oak beans before you add them to you wine? If so, what process do you use? Being porous, would they bring too much SO2 into the wine?

Who saw the Chrysler "Half Time" add with Clint Eastwood? That had was one of the most powerful, emotional ads I've seen. Quoting my wife... "He could run for President on that"

In April I picked up a 6 gallon bucket of Chilean Reisling from the LuvaBrella winery. So far so good. In May, when I stabilized I added 3/4 tsp of Kmeta. In October when I racked the wine I added another 3/4 tsp of Kmeta and then realized that I the second application should have been 1/4...

I was reading some of the Stavin information and they suggest that it is acceptable to re-use oak cubes. The recommend that you due this when you can move the cubes from directly from one carboy to the next. 1. Does any one do this? 2. Do you get much as much "oak" out of the subsequent...

The evening news makes it sound like Conneticut and many parts of the east coast are under water. :rn Hope everyone has been able to avoid the flooding.

Shiraz Pee I have slurry from a California Shirah. Looking for opinions on impact of the taste. I'm ok with the color impact. Would it be better to wait until I have slurry from a white white or a fruit wine?

I have a Vitners Reserve Pinot Noir that is in step 3 for about a week. Looks like it is clearing very well. This is my first kit and last night curiosity got the best of me as I was degassing a World Vitners German Meuller. While I had the wine thief out a stole a small taste of the Pinot...

I started my first kit on 10/30. a VR Pinot Noir that came with my equipement Kit. Starting SG was 1.080 and the must was at 75 degrees when I pitched the yeast. I fermenting room was kept at 70 degrees, I did not make additional temperature readings and only monitored the ambient room...

Started my first kit on Halloween, a WE V.R. Pinot Noir, and have racked and have racked to a carboy 6 days in Thursday. Saturday had this feeling that something was missing from my life, I felt empty. Oh, Oh, ..... It's not me that's empty it was my primary fermenter. Off to the local wine...