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If still on my first batch of wine from a kit. I've just transfered it from the primary to the secondary. I don't know why we do this other than the instructions say to. The only difference I see is there is no longer any wood chips, and there is less surface area in the carboy than the bucket...

I started My first batch of wine Saturday. I'm making a Chilean Malbec , by wine expert. Everything seems to be fermenting properly. Since it's my first kit I really want to peek inside and see what's going on inside the primary. Can I take the lid off and peek or will it mess something up?

My local wine supply store sold me a kit. THis kit contains easy clean cleanser. I think this is a cleaner not a sanitizer. My wine supply store told me the easy clean is a sanitizer. They told me to was my carboy like I would any dishes, in hot soapy water, rinse well then wash with the easy...

I just bought a wine kit from my local wine maker suply store and there was one of these in the kit http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=4889 they call it a Ferrari Automatic Bottle Filler. Thise looks like it would make a mess. DO you use this? I saw a small glass tube with a...

I was talking to a guy the other day at my local wine supply store and he told me that he filters his wine with coffee filters. Does this sound crazy? I've always heard the saying, "A poor man, has poor ways". Would this work if you did not have the extra money to buy a filter?

I haves very simple question. Is it necessary to store my homemade wine on it's side? I plan on using synthetic corks, I've read they don't let air in the bottle. Is this true? I was hoping to put the filled bottles back in the box they came in and store them upright in a closet. Will this work?

I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I live in southern Oklahoma and will be starting a free winemaking class from my local winemaking store. I'm very excited! I'm planning on starting with kits and maybe moving into making fresh fruit wines from the many fruits I have avaible on...