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My first picture that I have posted, if it works. These are different wines that we have made. You can't see the picture very well. It was so small and when I tried to enlarge it, it's distorts the picture. It took a long time to upload this picture also. I will keep working on it. cyndy

Is anyone on this Forum going to George's Bottling Party tonight? I drove down from Oklahoma today and plan on going. I think it will be lots of fun and a chance to try some new wine. I forgot to bring my camera but I have one on my phone but the pictures won't be as good. Wade I might need your...

I am making a 3 gallon batch of White Chocolate Port. It was time for me to degass and add Packet D-1 and D-2. The instructions tell you not to mix the two up, be sure and add D-1 before D-2 or it will not clear properly. Well Iread the packet D-1 so I added it, when I picked up the next packet...

Has any one used wax to seal their bottles? Cyndy

Well I had to go to the liquor store today because I wanted to try this mead that I haveread so much about and I'm also making some JOA. It came in a cute little blue bottle from Boulder, CO. It is called Redstone Meadery, Honey Wine with Vanilla Beans and Cinnamon Sticks. A bit costly, $25.00 a...

I have made a Blackberry Merlot. The starting SG was 1.052. When I stabilizing & clearing the SG was 0.996. Now it is time to bottle and the SG is 1.020. So what would my alcohol level be in the wine? How do you figure this?

I'm making a kit from Selection - New Zealand Merlot. I'm on my secondary fermentation (step 2) and now I'm ready for step 3, stabilising, clearing and degas. I want to bulk age this wine for about six months. Do I do step 3 and thenbulk age or do I bulk age after step 2? Is it better to use a...

I have started a New Zealand Marlot and it is supposed to set for 5-7 days the SG should be 1.010 or less when it is time for the firstracking. It has been 6 days and the SG if 1.006 but there is still bubbles in the airlock and if you take the lid off it is fizzing a little inside. Do I rack or...

I am making a Selection Limited Edition New Zealand Merlot. In the instructions it says after 5-7 days it will be time to check the SG, it should be 1.010. What if the SG is 1.010 after 3 days, do you still leave it for 5 days or are you ready for the first racking?

This has nothing to do with wine making but we do drink good wine after. There is about 20 of us going on a kayaking trip the first weekend in April, 3rd, 4th, back home on the 5th. We are going to Kayak the Buffalo River in Arkansas. We are staying in Jasper, Arkansas. Some stay in cabins...

While I have been reading through so many different topics I came across one regarding using a break bleeder to degas your wine and it had pictures so you could see how it was done. I have went back and tried to findit againso I could see how it was hooked up and what kind of a break bleeder to...