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Hi All, As I noted on a previous thread, we have some very old vines that were here when we bought our house. Still have no idea what kind of grapes they are. DH finally worked up the gumption to prune and clean it out this weekend. (We had tons of blackberry vines that had become...

Arghhhh..... I've messed up again and would appreciate your help. On 3/10, I made a batch of Ceres Youngberry using only juice and forgot to get the initial SG reading... Yesterday I opened it and it had a thick coating of sludge floating on top...Is this normal? With much hesitation, I...

I'm confused about topping off. What am I suppose to use on carboys that are not quite full? For example, I have a carboy with peach chardonnay in it. It does not come up to the neck of the bottle. Do you all add water? Or do you buy a commercially-prepared like wine and use that? Thanks.

On 2/24 we started a batch of grape juice wine using our own juice. Fermentation has stopped and we have racked to a 6 gallon carboy. Do we need to add more campden now? (we put 5 in when we started this wine) Thanks!

Can anyone direct me to a source where I can buy a few wooden wine boxes? I checked the FVW catalog and didnt see anything like that. I'd like them to be plain as I want to use my woodburner and put our logo on it. Thanks!

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I have two gallons of Ceres Youngberry Juice (a youngberry puree with apple & pear juice). Pasteurized, NO preservatives. Should I use the same recipe I used to make the Pomegranate/Blueberry? Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks.

I'm making this kit this afternoon and it has oak powder with it. Instructions say to add today. It also has dehydrated fruit. I thought I read somewhere on this forum that oak should be added after the first racking? Am I mistaken??

A couple of questions.... 1. I pushed the grommet through the lid into my bucket of Blackberry Merlot..... Is it going to affect my wine if I leave it? Or should I fish around in there and remove it? 2. While putting together an Orchard Breezin Strawberry Riesling, I failed to use the packet...

I found a suction/vacuum machine on CL for $75.00. Am hoping we can use this to rack & bottle with instead of having to lift and transport full glass carboys. It is a OptiVac Gomco by Allied, model # model S178,G178,L178. Does anyone have any experience using this machine?

Can someone tell me if there is any difference in using plastic buckets vs using a glass carboy? I have many buckets available, but today found an ad on Craigslist for 7 carboys for $120.00.... Should I get the glass? Thanks.

Hi Everyone... Newbie here. I would like to make a pomegranate wine, and have 1.5 gallons of pure, flash pasteurized, pomegranate/blueberry juice made by the POM Company. I've looked around and found Bill W's thread on Pomegranate Wine, but he is using 5 gallons of juice...... I dont have...

Searched CL here in my area and found a number of folks selling their equipment. This is what I have the chance to buy, all for $215.00. Wanted to get your opinions because there are a couple of things that I have never heard of before....I will pick it up tomorrow night. 7~6.5 gallon...

Hi Everyone, Just wanted say hello and thank you all for the helpful information that I've found on your site. We're new to wine making, and are sure to have lots of questions as we go along. First kit that we are going to try is an Orchard Breezin Strawberry Riesling. Made it once with some...