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Angell Wine, Last night my wife thought she saw the northern lights and so I took a look. We watched them out our north facing family room window. They were a greenish color and looked like curtains moving across the sky. Amazing how they come and go! I wrote a reply to this post earlier that I...

I'm in SW Michigan and have witnesed the Northern lights. Awesome! You can watch for a long time and not be bored. A few years ago we had a period of several days where the viewing was good and the local news station had a message on the bottom of the screen to go out and look at them. Leelanau...

Leelanau here - thanks for the posts. I was hoping a good cleaning would solve the problem - and better storage. I like Appleman's idea that relates to Waldo's - store with the airlock in, filled with k-meta. Good idea! Time to get to cleaning the carboy w/c-brite or bleach...

Hi all. Well, I visited my idle wine making equipment (idle for 3 months as my 1st batch was tiring and I was busy) and having not stored my carboy upside down after cleaning, I have a small area of white, cottony looking mold on the bottom of my carboy. How to clean? I will be storing it upside...

If anyone is interested, here is a link to a wine vault for sale at Sam's Club. If anyone has this kind of money for a place to store wine, they should start up a vineyard. Holds 1500 bottles - that's 50 kits. http://www.samsclub.com/shopping/navigate.do?dest=5&item=343454 Leelanau...

Revisiting this topic - anyone else have any ideas? I have some bottles for Thanksgiving I am opening that also have the white foam and just thought I'd ask again and see. No need to post reply today - I will be back online in a day or twoand check fo replies / ideas. The wine is at 3 months in...

I will be introducing my 1st batch of homemade winewith the Thanksgiving meal. It is a Muller-Thurgau WE kit wine that is, as theysay, similar to aRiesling. Myparents and other immediate family don't know about my recent summer of becoming a winemaker. So, should be fun! The wine is at 3 months...

Addition - I am looking at the Pineapple Wine from Juice recipie on finevines and I am wondering a few things: The general directions on these recipies raise a few questions. First, if I'm just using juice I am guessing I won't need a bag and won't need to press "pulp". Right? Second, what about...

OK, the doughnut shop will work as my mom worked for a local bakery for many years and we still know the owners. I'll head over and get a 3 gal icing bucket. A 1 gal carboy would work for the secondary obvioulsy with appropriate bung and airlock. I could rack from carboy to my 6 gal primary with...

Leelanau here... Most fruit wines are 1 gal batches. How to convert to 6 gal batches like kits? Or best to stay at 1 gal? If at 1 gal, what do I use as a primary and secondary fermentor? I have equipment from George used to make 6 gal batches. Leelanau

ograv - thanks for the latest post. I will note that information. Leelanau Thank you also to the rest who have replied.

bmorosco - I have been to the Finger Lake region wine tasting a few years ago. Lakewood Vineyard on Seneca Lake has a Niagara wine that is really good. I would like Winexpert to have a kit wine for that style of wine. We toured the NY wineries on our own without a tour.In nothern Michigan we...

Hmmm... Thanks for the suggestions MedPretzel. I did notice also a "clear" film where the cork was in the bottle after it was removed. Maybe frothy is a better word. I lean towards sulfite. I'll just keep an eye on the next bottle I open and see if this mystery substance is there.

My Muller-Thurgau that I sampled at month 2 last weekend had a tiny layer of whiteish-looking foam(?) on the top of the wine in the bottle. It was not there until I put the wine in the fridge to chill. The wine did not taste fizzy or feel carbonated in my mouth.When the wine settled after a few...

OK, I've seen some info online that concentrates are dry at bottling as fermentation is completed and all sugar is used up by the yeast. I've seen info on wine conditioners, etc. I see in the Winexpert kits you add sorbate during stabilization and clearing. Can someone explain "back sweetening"...

I enjoy white wines that are sweet. Why are many of the Winexpert white wine kits rated "0" for dry? I recently made my first wine, Muller Thurgau, a riesling cross blend, and on tasting at two months I can tell ittastes likewine but it seems to be lacking that special sweetness that a...

Hello all. I am a newbie still as having only produced one kit this summer/fall. BUT, I did have the opportunity last night to hear Tim Vandergrift from Winexpert introduce and explain the Limited Edition releases that are available for preorder now. He had a wonderful presentation and...

Waldo, Please do not take offense, but seeing your pic and the topic of revenuers and jailmakes me think of Uncle Jesse on the old show, Dukes of Hazzard. Pretty cool that you participated in the fake arrest to raise money forMDA. If all jails were at a restaurant withlow bails and the potential...

OilnH20 - Your suggestion sounds similar to what I was thinking, sanitizer and shake, then place airlock on for a few hours. I'll try that. Will also check out article in the resources section to see if any new info. Leelanau

Quick questions: 1. I have read about oxidation concerns at bottling on the forum but I have not seen any mention of the drilled whole in the lid of the primary. I bottled last week and sealed the lid tight on the primary and left the drilled whole open so that pressure would not build inside...