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Just saw an Orchard Breezin topic and though I'd give an update on my experience with the Peach Chardonnay. Over the last year I tried two OB Peach Chardonnay kits. The first I made exactly per the instructions. Many people love it. One friend who does not care for wine loves it. Mywife...

For what it's worth..I have been making wine for onlya few years but have experienced bad tastes in a few fruit wines. One was blueberry that tasted good at bottling but developed a strong 'cloves ' taste after about 6 months. Several months later the cloves taste was gone and the wine is...

I've been wonderingabout this for a while... What is the reason for completing fermentationin the secondary fermenter? Is itto just protectthe wine from oxygen due to the diminished level CO2 from the partially fermented must, or does it affect theflavor orother qualities of the wine? A few...

They look great, Wado. Nice words as well. I can identify with your picture, except your blackberries look much better than mine this year. Here is Georgia they were subjected to about 20 consecutive days of 90 degree plus temps. Resulted in uneven ripening and so-soflavor. My rabbiteye...

Tepe: I did an f-pac withtwo pounds of same frozen blueberries, and a a few cans of blueberries , maybe one can of blackberries (typically very good quality from Oregon) Reduced over medium heat, cooled, strained,added, stabilized.Strange , Iknow, but very much a clove taste. Did not sweeten. No...

Hi Wade.. My batch of blueberry ( at least the one bottle I opened several months ago) had a great aroma but have a definite 'cloves' aftertaste. Enough to ruin the flavor.Have you ever run acrossthis before? I fermented the wine in July or August last year, so I am hopeful that age will take...

Read all these good things about Red Mountain Cab and had to try it! Got my kit on Saturday and will likely start it this week. This is my first CC kit andbased on all I have read about CC andthis wine in particular, I'm sure it will be really good. Crushed grape pack looks awesome!

I got a few 3 gallon buckets from a bakery (icing buckets). Took a bit of cleaning, but worth the effort.

Update: I bottled this over the holidays and was pleasantly surprised. This did not turn out as sweet as I had thought it would. My wife thinks it is the 'best' wine I have made yet, and she doesn't care for sweet wines. Maybe the intense flavor hides it, I don't know. I can see how this wine...

Thanks for the advice, Runningwolf. Nice setup.

I hadno plans to bottle for a few months , only after it is perfectly clear. Just curious about sitting on sediment. Looks like it will turn out OK. Thanks, Jim.

Thanks for the suggestion, Wade. I did buy the Orchard Breezin peach chardonnay and started it Dec 5th. SSG was 1.059, and checked 1.000 yesterday and was unchanged after 24 hours, so I racked it today . For my first try I decided to follow the directions exactly. If it as a bit sweet for her...

Good description, big and smooth exactly! I normally bulk age for at least 3 months but needed the carboy. Let us know how the CC turns out.

I bottled my first Amarone last weekend. I have read much about this wine, and never tasted it until now. Myonly concern was that the wine would be unpleasantly bitter. Not so! The 2/3 bottle left over from bottling disappeared quickly. From what I had read, this wine is strong in tannins and...

OK. I have been thinking about making one of these kits ( peach chardonnay) for my wife, as she loves the peac-chard flavor,but she prefers dry wine. By increasing the ABV with more sugar, does not counter the sweetness? (I take it '10' is pretty sweet) How can I make this kit as dry as...

I started this kit about 18 months ago.It is myfavorite so far among the five or six reds I have made. I'm sure youwill love this one too. Enjoy! (George's recommendationsfor mehave all turned out to be very good)

Those are awesome labels. Thanks for sharing!

Very nice.!

Good idea. We are members there, but I have never looked at their frozen juice section.

I just read George's post about the new website. That's likely what happened to the labels. No problem . I see that this is indeed faster!