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Started this one this morning. This will give me the Malbec and Brunello fermenting. The Primitivo is bulk againg and the Syrah is here on deck. Here are the pics. They arent great since they are off my iPhone and that thing does not take the best of pictures. The Kit The Grpae Skins...

Got this one underway on Wed. night. (sorry no pics, batteries in camera died) I have the GCI Californina Syrah and the GCI Chilean Malbec on deck and will have pics of these 2. SG was 1.10 on this one and it is working away right now. I am going to make every red in this series A) so I will...

Got asked to make this for someone who likes the juice. Me being the guy that cannever say no made it. I made 3 Gals following the Welchs Grape recipe except I used 10 cans of concentrate instead of 2 per gal. I back sweetened with 2 more cans and a half cup of sugar. I have to say this is...

Has anyone made this kit? Tasting notes? I really enjoy Petite Syrah and other then a 10L kit this is the only one made. I have empty primaries and need to get something going. Thinking this might be one of them.

Tasted a castel de papa tonight. it is very young, in fact its not actually done yet. Its being oaked with an oak spiral right now. The reason I tatsed it is that it seemed like it was dropping alot of sediment, I added not clarifiers at this point. Anyways, it has a very bitter after taste...

I recently decided to start making wine again after a few years off. While I was looking through the equipment that I had, and what I wanted to replace, I came across a few bottles of wine that somehow I must have forgot about. Not like me at all, so Im not sure how that happened. Anyways, the...

Has anyone made or tried any of these? I was fortunate enough to try the Primitivo tonight, and I have to say its amazing. I can not believe this is a 12L kit and is priced so right. I have made a few Grand Crus in the past, and this was nothing like them. I guess the dried grape skins really...

Got a can of Plum, and Blackberry tonight. I was looking at the recipes. I am going to make them both to the 3 gal recipe. Step 3 calls to add the solution of sodium bisulfite. Is this in place of the campden tabs, or can I add campden tabs instead? I was thinking that k-meta and sodium...

I have been asked by someone very important to me to make a port wine for Christmas. Is it possible in this amount of time? If it is, what kit is the best to make it with? Thanks.

How much K-Meta to water do I need to make a sanatizing solution? I want to make some for a squirt bottle for sanatizing things like spoons, thiefs, hydros, etc without having to mix a new gallon of Easy Clean or 1 step every time I need it. I wasting way too much.

What does it mean when it says finished at 2% residual sugar? How is that calculated?

While I know I definatley do not have the perfect condiditons, I have to decide which would be the better storage/aging area for my wine. Here are my 2 options. Am I better to: A] Bulk age in the crawlspace where temps during this winter have fallen to as low as 39*? B] Bottle and...

Went into a HBS while on the road for work yesterday. All I wanted was an airlock since I broke on the day before, and to look aroound. Well to my suprise the store was just starting a going out of business sale, and had Grand Cru kits so cheap I had to buy 3 of them. I bought a Pinot Noir, a...

Just wondering what the impressions are of those who have started this kit.

Can I get some feedback on this kit? I would really like to get a whit and one more red going before I get busy with running the race car team, and work picking back up. This white looks pretty good. The other 2 I had in mind were the Luna Bianca, or the Riesling. As far as reds, my mind changes...

I have a question. I just put a Domain Des Brumes kit to age in my crawlspace. I Have been told by a few that this is an earlier drinker then most reds so I was going to leave it about 3 months and bottle it. I imagine it will be gone withen a year but was going to add the K-Meta just in case it...

Started to really think about storage of the wine I have underway and will eventually make. (Nothing like putting the cart in front of the horse huh?) Anyways, I have a question. I know wine should be in a dark room, but thats going to be tough. If all wine is in green bottles is it still bad to...

Is the WE yeast a secret in the LE kits? I was asked today what yeast was in that kit, and I thought to myself for a minute, and replied "I have no Fn idea" It was in a white pack and just said yeast on it. What is it? It fermented fast and is very active here, I can tell you that, but thats...

OK, my wife has decided she would like to make the winelabels for my wine. I really didnt want to get into it, but anything I can do to get and keep her involved would be good. What is the simplest way for me to do this? What programs should I buy, what paper, etc...??? I am going into this not...

Got it started today. Went to take pics and batteries in camera were dead as a doornail. I can say is the juice was so amazing tasting, I just cant wait for this one.