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WAY TO GO, SMURFE. Great job on the tutorial. Archer

Ports are new to me. What other fruits would make a acceptable port. Archer

Speaking of eggplant, there are also other prolific producers in all our gardens. I love fresh cucumbers so I usually overplant them. when everything goes well, I get tons of them and end up giving them away at work. Is it possible to make wine from them? What about tomatoes? 1 gal...

Ryan, Go for it, at least the gravity filter. I filtered 2 galllons of Concord saturday, and it looks fantastic. It won't be tasted for many more months. Good luck. Archer

Martina, Great post. I have one of these gravity filters, also. I lift my carboy up to the kitchen counter and just siphon it to the filter, which sits on the receiving carboy. One concern I have is that the wine just drips into the receiving carboy. I'm concerned this will oxygenate my...

I kept it under the house so I wouldn't have easy access to it. I also drank lots of commercial wine. I just bottled 6 moregallons of Chianti last week and I wonder if that wine will make it to the one year mark. I hope my Montepulciano comes out as good. I need to bottle that soon,so as to free...

I like the WE Sel. Chianti. Everyone I have givena bottle too, has loved it and its only 9 months old. My last 6 bottles will be Christmas presents. Archer

Hey Stinkie, show us your wine storeagefacility.

Didn't I see Stinkie wearing an aluminum foil, skull-mounted memory probe or something like that?

PWP, I'm impressed. I didn't mean to put your rack down, it just looked a little top heavy. The good part is its metal and apparently very strong. Its also moveable (That would be a bit of work to relocate all those bottles), but it could be done. You probably won't find any greater capacity...

Boy, that Sam's club rack really holds a lot of bottles. Thats a lot of weight, you mightwant to tie them into the wall, somehow. Archer

Great post Thor, I too, was looking for rack plans, thanks. Thanks for the plans jc. Archer

Masta, Allow me to scold you. There were way too many empty carboys at your place. I hope they become active again soon. Good luck. Archer

Nice bottles, Waldo! Great job.

Thanks for the explanation Masta. This makes sense to me. Thanks Peter, for the tip. Archer

Masta, I just read your post about not racking before sulfiting/sorbating/fining, I guess the wine would benefit from a more complete clearing. Is this the case? In the past I have always racked before adding these treatments and my wines have cleared well. Will my finished product be...

Peter, It's deffinately not "over the top". I have not strayed from the kit instructions on my previous wines, but probably will try more oak during the bulk ageing phase. I've been a little timid about overoaking in the past. My tastes tend to favor the oak anyway. I've been wondering...

Thanks, youdaman Hippie! Good advice for someone who has never sweetened a finished wine. Archer

Thanks Hippie, I was leaning that way. The K1-V1116 has a high alcohol tolerance. My wine will be around 12%, I guess I should sorbate at stabilization time, to make sure its dead. What is your reccommendation?Thanks. Archer

I'm making a 1 gal. batch of frozen strawberry wine and wanted to know which yeast to use, and why? I have three options: Red Star primier cuvee Lalvin K1-V1116 Lalvin 71B-1122 I checked out the manufacturers websites, and I see they each have advantages and different alcohol...