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The local Pastor came to me and asked me to make wine for his sons wedding. Of course, I couldn't say no, I would go to **--! Anyway, He choose three wine kits, I got them ordered through George and,,,, timing is comeing to an end.The wedding is July 11th. The wine will be ready to bottle June...

I still don't get the time to spend reading this forumasI would like,but I'm still here in the back ground. Wade, sorry to see your eye so colorful, hope it is doing better. Maybe some day I'll stop and smell theroses once again and be able to chit chat with everyone and tell my "wine"...

Once again after several months I attempt to smell the roses/wine and come back and say hello to all my wine sipping friends. I thought I'd add to Wades little episode of the blown off cork. I too had an episode of the cork explosion. I followed PolishWineP recipe for Pineapple wine...

Hello! Sorry I haven't been around much, but let alone stopping to smell the rose's I don't get to smell the wine much either. Thought I'd send just a few pictures of the trip to Misawa Japan. My daughter Krystal, myself, son Kurt, and of course our newest member Breauna. What...

I don't get to visit this site very often anymore. When I do get the chance I try and read as much as I can. I did notice a few conversation that I think peoplehave forgetting just how much we should be glad, even though times get tough and things are not always in our favor, we should be glad...

It's been a long time since I've been able to browse this forum, not because I haven't wanted to, just because there seems to be not enough hours in the day/week/month. During a business trip to a near by city, I spotted a wine/beer making supply store. Excited to see this near my home...

While in my time off from work this week. I ran across a long lost school friend of mine. She had just started a batch of Rhubarb/Apple wine. She had gone down into Kansas to talk to an elderly man of his 80's that makes a mighty fine batch of wine. His techniques were quite barren,and something...

My week off of work is dwindling down. Haven't had as much time in my wine department as I would like before going back to work. But, do so miss it, and miss my friends here on the forum. I'm in the process of bottling my Strawberry/Rhubarb Wine. I made two batches from different recipe...

Hello everyone, got a week off from work and will hibernate in the wine room, most of these days off from work. I started a Fresh Peach wine June 30th, 5 gallons. It's not clearing as I would like. I wanted to sweeten it up a bit this week and bottle. Yet, it has a Haze look to it, not...

Hey everyone! I've been gone so long that I sure have a lot to catch up on, but am afraid that won't be yet for awhile. Hope everyone is doing just fine for everyone and busy with the Fresh fruit in season. George my saving's fund for Japan is coming along just fine, and ticket's have been...

Last evening we were invited to the neighbors for a small get together and fireworks. I went to my scroungy, cobwebby, buggy, damp wine storage basement to grab a couple of bottles of wine. I grabbed a wine I had bottled May 23rd. Although I sterilize my corks when corking the bottle I notice a...

First time with Peaches, and red most of the information on this forum on Peach wine, I have used the wine Recipe for 5 gallons from E.C.Krause. 13 pounds peaches, I added 2-3 pounds black bananas peel and 10 pounds of sugar and etc. This is being made for my friend and would really like it to...

I noticed on this forum someone adding Red Grape Concentrate to their Strawberry wine. I have two batches of Rhubarb/Strawberry wine going both in the secondary. One is 5 gallons and one 3 gallons, both of different recipes. What is your opinion on adding some Red Grape Concentrate to one of the...

November 8th 2006 I started a Boysenberry wine (boughten from George of course). ( I love the boysenberry syrup at the restaurants). I made it into a 3 gallon jug, added a few bananas, and just bottled it yesterday. It cleared beautifully, and is a beautiful cherry red in color. The taste has a...

I thought this was well made and wanted to share it with my wine making friends. <http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1> http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1

I feel really sorry for my UPS man. He has dropped off several kits in the past few months, and they are not light. He stopped in this week and told my husband that I hope your wife isn't drinking all of this. This is what I have going, what do you have? Bulk aging: Australian...

Could someone tell me if it is feasible to dig up grapevines that may be 4 years old or older? Last winter I had a chance to dig up three acres of five different kinds of grape vines. During the winter months, they were going to bulldoze them over. I didn't get to them before they destroyed...

Since the weather is getting warmer, and my wine room is getting warmer also, I've decided to take the fullbottles down to that dreary old basement. EEEE! Partial basement with a crawl space. I always feel as if there are a lot of creepy crawlers in the area, weather I clean it or not, lots of...

I purchased the on special "Carboy Cap Universal" that was in last months Newsletter.I noticed today when in the fourth stage on the wine kit "racking and clarification" it seemed to have quite a bit of gas in the transferring. So, I decided to experiment with the new toy! WOW! It was the...

I just finished racking the Australian Grenache/Mourvedre Selection Limited Edition. Stage (4) racking and clarification. added the 1/4 teaspoon of potassium metabisulphite (4 campden tablets crushed) to age longer than 6 months. I usually keep the boxes the wine kit comes in since they are...