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Elderberries are a pain to gather and take the berries off the plant. My wine supplier gave me an idea which I have briefly tested and found very successful in small volume (because the berries are just beginning to ripen in Georgia.) Freeze the berries and then beat them against the side of a...

Alright, I have encountered the best method for label removal from used bottles. Use a razor blade scraper to scrape the label away. No wetting, less mess, less prep, and less muscle. Works at a rate of about one new blade per ten bottles for me thus far. After the labels are gone, the glue...

Rats, I made a visit to a physician fruit grower in my area yesterday. Turned out he is a relatively new wine maker. His sampled strawberry, guava, peach, plum, and grape wine were all superior to my measly attempts this year. My plum and blueberry wines were too bitter to be palatable, but when...

Maybe information about these subjects has been missed, andmaybe they are just dumb, but (1) is using one of the four oz. fruit flavorings instead of an f pack unkosher to wine law? (2) can one sweeten a fininished wine with splenda, fructose, or some other product that doesn't...

After spending about six hours reviewing this forum, I joined to tell you all that many of the questions I had were answered in the time spent. Thanks to all. Winemaking is a new hobby that started about three months ago with an Orchard Breezincranberry chianti kit, and has continued with...