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I have a 6 gal carboy of vinho verde that's about 14 month aged. I've struggled with this as it lacks that lemon zest / slight carbonated feel to pallet. If you've had vinho verde you know that it's meant to be drank young and has a slight zest and mild carbonated feel. NOT MINE! Mentor...

just returned from Napa- wow! A trip I recommend to everyone! Opus was great!!!! Mondavi Reserves were epic

Air Compressor doing 6 Carboys at once! Say goodbye to spoons and drills!

Looking into shelving for aging carboys from Lowes; but important factor is each shelve's weight capacity. Can anyone tell me how much a 5 and 6 gallon full carboy weighs? Thanks! JS

It's finally installed! My custom made cherry wine storage cellar. My uncle is a carpenter and built this beauty for me; a few thousand later, and I'm looking at nearly 450 bottles of storage and an investment for life! Anyone in New England area- private message me!

Racked my wines (fresh juice) from primary to secondary last night (buckets to carboys) topped up and airlocked them. Came home a few hours later only to find suds spraying out the airlocks. This only occurred in 2 carboys- I guess it's gas? Why is this happening, and how do I fix? Thanks!!

My rookie year is coming to a close as I started this hobby last winter! With that said, I made some high end kits (Amarone with grape skins and raisins, Valpolicella with grape skins, etc...). With that being noted, my local store said that most kit wines should be bottled after 1 year and...

I just put nearly 50 gallons of fresh juice (instead of kits this year) into 2ndary fermentation using this style airlock. The vodka is balanced and level at first, but shortly after its placed into the bung the level becomes way off! What causes this, and how can this be avoided? Thanks in...

Made Reserve Du Chateay 6 week kit--Came out clean, lots of floral notes, crisp, but unique after-taste and lacks the true "bubbly" of store bought Prosecco/Champagne. Perhaps thru degassing stages? Drinkable nonetheless!

As a rookie, I'm yet to filter, or bottle any of my wine- but I have taken copious notes of the process.-SEE ATTACHED! My 1st wine kit I ever started was the Portuguese Duoro started on 12/12/11, all the instructions (aside from initial SG measurements) were followed exactly according the...

I have around 7 carboys aging in my basement with the avg temp around 61 degrees and humidity 45. I guess I've been okay with this except for a recent heat wave that drove my temp around 70 for a couple days. I don't know the temp of the wine, just the surrounding air. This experience as...

An anyone tell me what's wrong here? Am I topping up too much? I'm getting wine seeping into my airlocks but on in a couple of my aging wines....Thanks for any/all feedback.

Living in RI I didn't anticipate in being 80degrees in mid-March! Having said that, my basement is currently sitting at 68 degrees! Nobody has portable AC's in stock, and I have now windows in my basement. Am I killing my aging wine? What is my best solution? Thanks!

Notice wine in 2ndary fermentation with white powdery clumps on top layer of liquid. I rattled the carboy a little and saw them break up and dissipate some! What could this be?

Jumping right I to this hobby, I'm not sure I fully degassed my wines. I did my first kit (Douro) by plastic spoon, and all kits after by using the drill bit for 5 minutes when adding all the stabilizing packets. My question is, although my wines have been sitting in my basement in...

Measuring SG- I find I'm getting 2 different numbers and/or readings using two different methods! My first method is when I leave the hydrometer in the wine thief and capture wine from source until it floats and get reading. The other method is when I leave the hydrometer out of thief until...

I was instructed by my wine kit supplier and newly formed Mentor to ONLY add 1/3rd the recommended Pot Meta when it's time for this step in the kit. His rationale is that you don't need to and don't want to overpower the wine with sulphite. He recommends 1/3rd Tspn/Gal for additional racks...