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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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Hi all, here's my pics of first batch bottled. German Muller-Thurgau. A lot of pics similar to this on the forum, but I'm still proud as ever! Favorite tools were the drill mounted stirrer, the corker, and the fast flow spigot used for bottling. As with other's pics, a few corks were not flush...

Hello all, I am preparing to bottle my German white kit that I have posts on here at the forum. I have taken the advice of many and asked a couple of local restaurants to save some bottles. I have plenty in one weekend. Question, ok to bottle my white in a bottle that contained a red? I would...

Leelanau here, I completed the step tonight where I had to add the F-Pack, pkg 2 & 3, and 4. Along with the stirring at each step (drill mounted stirrer is awesome!). All went well. My hydrometer does lean in the wine thief that I dunk it into. Now, when it leans it creates what the diagram...

Here's my Muller Thurgau (white wine) 48 hours into fermentation and winemaking area pics. My 1st batch ever. note: see need assurance post in the wine making section of the forum. I made a small winemaking area in my unfinished basement with some old paint, a fold up table, and new equipment...

Hello all, Leelanau here. Started 1st kit of my life today. Muller Thurgau. My spigot leaks as others have mentioned. I didn't perform a water only leak test prior for a few days. It leaks a drop every so often but a little paper towl under the spigot seems to control this. I figure I'll fix the...

Hi to my new forum friends! I have received my kit and supplies from George and am wondering how to sanitize all the equipment plus the primary fermentor and glass carboy - all with only 2 oz. of k-meta? It looks like you have to use that full 2 oz. of k-meta that came with the kit mixedwith 1...

Hello, I have been researching wine making and am enjoying fine vine wines site the best. Today is my first day in the forum and I have founda lot of information to be helpful & supportive.Thank you!I have been impressed bythe pics of different homemade wines! I'm considering the Beginner...