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I can't think of a better way to spend your last day of vacation, other than bottling a fine batch of Chardonnay. (Shhhh... of course a little bit of football is also a good thing!) We used the WE Dry Creek "unwooded</span>" kit to create this fantastic Chardonnay wine. I have to admit that...

Hippie - Ahhh -- This is a "un-wooded" variety from the dry creek area of Sonoma. "A fresh, well-balanced wine with typical Chardonnay characteristics of tropical and citrus aromas and flavours. The fruit quality of these grapes is allowed to shine through, and the rich, round...

Stage 2 :: 10/29/05 :: SG = .999 :: Temp. = 73 deg</span> Rack'd from plastic primary bucket to glass carboy. Not much to do but let it sit for 10 more days... The arrow is pointing to the temp of 73 degrees F.

Masta -- That's funny! You nailed the description perfectly --

Batch of Selection Estate Chardonnay (Sonoma Dry Creek ~unwooded) Started this batch around noon and it's already starting to ferment. Cool stuff! Notes: Fruity smell /taste (almost smells like apple juice?) Dark color - I expect that it will lighten up before...

Thanks for the nice compliments! You might have noticed that a couple of bottles have disappeared... We ended up with about 28 bottles of "clear" wine from the primary bucket. The remaining wine (~2 bottles) at the bottom of the carboy was poured into a one gallon jar. Simply...

Here's the first bottling from Jack Rabbit... Some comments on the process: <li style="font-weight: bold;">Lot's of fun! Transfer to the primary bucket from carboy just before bottling. We opted to use the spigot and bottle filler vs. auto-filler Remember to use...

Great label concept to begin with and excellent touch up work! Clean and simple - that's the best design approach. I like the result! The other option is to take your image to Kinkos or local print shop and have them print your labels with a laserprinter (300dpi or better) to...

Everyone - Awesome advice! Thank you all very much - I enjoyed the many tid-bits of information not included in the instructions but rather from real "experience". Ah yeah... gotta like that! I really had no idea that it would take weeks even months to clear a "kit" wine...

Hi Med - I racked and (sorta) splashed yesterday (day 22 of clearing) then I added the K-Meta. Instructions spell out 15 days before adding the K-Meta. It sounds like I still should have waited until the very end (no visible sediment) before I added the K-Meta? Since, I already...

Hippie - Step 4 of the kit's instructions: Note: Wineexpert kits contain very low levels of sulphite compared to commerical wine. If you want to age your wine more than 6 months, you "must</span>" add extra metabisulphite power to prevent oxidation. To do this, dissolve 1.5...

Hippie - Ok, I just finished racking from the carboy to the bucket and back to the carboy again. A couple of details: Very slow auto-siphon from carboy to bucket (min. oxidation) I left the thick sediment behind in carboy this time. Cleaned and sanitized carboy...

Med - Ahh... very clever ... My guess is it will end up GAL's Wine... Thanks!

Med - Ok, I'll take your advice: Saturday (step 3) </span>~ Check sediment level ... Is it visible on the bottom of the carboy? If yes--&gt; Rack it again and give it at least one more week. 2nd Saturday</span> ~ Check sediment level again. If it's still visible, rack again...

Hippie - - Ok, here's what I'm thinking: Thursday</span> ~ Rack wine from Carboy into Plastic Bucket Thrusday</span> ~ Carefully rack wine from Plastic Bucket back into Clean &amp; Sanitized Carboy and let it settle until Saturday. Saturday </span>~ Use the Buon Vino bottle...

Masta, Cool! So when you say how long should this process take? In other words, is this something you would do then let it settle for a few minutes, hours or days?

I'm still working on my first batch of Cabernet (WE Kit)... The wine has been stabilizing and clearing for about 10 of the 15 days that are recommended. So far, it appears to be very clear at this point in good lighting. I'm going to give it until next weekend 7/23 before bottling...

Hey Polish - I love merlot despite what Miles (Paul Giamatti) thinks...

Stinkie - That's too funny. I'm testing out this windoze application Amphora wine log</span>. (Cool application for tracking your wine making progress) It has this auto-charting feature built into the application - it makes life real easy. You can save it to your desktop as a .png or...

SG &amp; Temp Logs for Cabernet Kit The temperature is a bit challenging but it appears to be within the range of acceptance. /