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I recieved a Vino Italiano 4 week wine kit- Sauvignon Blanc for Xmas. My hopes for this kit aren't so high so I'm gonna play with it:db. I'm thinking about adding jalepeno's, maybe 3 pounds and 2 pounds of golden raisons, plus some tannin, a bit of extra sugar and maybe some lemon zest.... What...

Well I'm moving on to my fourth Pee and out of my 3 previous batches the one that accidentally refermented to dry was our favorite. My question is what other flavor do you think would go best with Lemon for a completly dry- no residual sugar pee? I'm thinking about using 2/3 lemon, 1/3 lime for...

Well got bored tonight and didn't feel like drinking any white or pee I have ready, so I just cracked a bottle of Cru Select tannat Merlot. This kit bulk aged for 7 months and has only been in the bottle for 1 month. Obviously it's not ready yet as it still has a nick of a juicy taste to it, but...

I literally dumped my water/sugar combo right onto the lees and remaining oak from a RJS Tenat Merlot kit. It Wasn't until a couple days later I even thought of the oak and there was alot as I added an extra bag of chips to the kit. I only backsweetened this batch a bit as an experiment as well...

Ok, so I had lids loosely placed on my fermentation buckets when I left for work today. Upon getting home my cats seem to have knocked them off. When I looked into my buckets I found 2 dead fruit flies in one, and 3 dead in the other. Am I in trouble? I'm not done with ferment yet so I don't...

I have read some people wait til fermentation is over and others start it at the end of fermentation. All my wines are 4 days into fermentation and between 1.02-1.00 at the moment, would you start your MLF now or wait a couple days?

Hello, I have 6 varieties of California juice I just recieved and I enjoy oaked wine with the right varietal. My questions are, do you prefer american or french oak? Would you oak the following wines, and if so how much. Chardonnay Chennin Blanc Viogner Red Zin Cab Sav Petit Syrah Thanks

I've made all my Previous pees using slurries, I don't have one availible but want to start another batch. I'm going to the homebrew shop tomorow to get a yeast, any recommendations as to what yeast to buy?

Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have two red wines, 6 gallons each, currently bulk aging and I'm thinking of blending a decent portion of them together come bottling time in a couple of months. I have a RJS Grand Cru Select Tannat Merlot w/grapepack which will be at 8 months come blending time. I...

Hello Gents, when does the Californian Grapes and juice typicaly go for sale in the Northeast?

So I clearly f'd up my pee and had a refermentation that lasted into the bottle. 5 of my 30 bottles have popped. On saturday we drank a bottle and it's a lemon sparkling wine and it's fantastic!!! Our new goal is to plow them as fast as possible before they chuck their corks.:tz:tz:tz:tz

Vintners Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon= So I used some of a bottle of mine today to top off another batch. This has aged for 4 months so far, 2 months in the carboy and two months in the bottle. My initial impression is that it is thicker than expected. Many reviews stated the cheaper kits lacked...

So I got a bucket of Chilean Chard Juice. It's numbers were fine and it has been fermenting right along, a bit on the slow side at .998 after 9 days but still seems to be going down. The one concern I have is the juice/wine is very white and milky looking in appearance? I haven't added anything...

Hello their, currently making some wine with Chilean grape juice, plan on making another batch in the fall with Californian grapes. I was wondering, does anyone sell Australian grapes, and if so when does that harvest come availible?

Hey just wanted to report the WE gewurztraminer is very good for a cheap kit. I wasn't expecting anything more than an average table wine, but this stuff is tasty:r Well worth the cheap price... I'm starting to believe that the diffence in white kits quality to price is much smaller than red...

Hello everyone, I am about to rack my wine out of the primary and I had the idea to save the grape pack, perhaps freezing it and reusing it in my chilean malbec juice I'm getting in the next couple of weeks. Do you think it will help? Better question, do you think it will hurt?

Do any of you have any ideas on how to sink the stupid floating grape pack bag? Would putting marbles in it sink it?

OMG, I looked everywhere to find Chilean wine juice near Albany NY, posted on this board and winepress, with no luck. Looked on the internet for 4 hours one night no luck. Called my local home brew shops no luck. Walked into my italian corner store today, 4 blocks from my house,,,, Bingo...

I'm in upstate NY, and my local brew shop charges alot for their juice... I'm looking for other options for reasonably priced juice. I've searched the net without much luck... any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

So my local home brew shop is advertising they will be getting Chile Fresco, Fresh Grape Juice from the San Fernando Region of Chile. Have any you ever heard of this? What do you think the quality will be? It's a $115 for a 6 gallon bucket, would I be better off with a $135 cellar craft...