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I'm making a grand cru red wine that has grape skins as well as oak chips. It says to stir at least every two days. I plan on stirring it everyday I get home but should I wait at least 48hrs before the first stir so fermentation has a chance to really get going? Also how hard/long should it be...

Well I just finished my first wine kit (grand cru California Chardonnay) we printed labels using Avery software I saw being used here. Turned out great! We just need to find shrink caps for the top to complete the look. Thanks for all the tips and help everyone, here are a couple pictures.

Hey, I'm curious as to what's sitting on the top liquid surface of my wine. It looks like white foam until you have a closer looks and it's more like a crystal or frost type structure? This appeared after clearing stabilizing and degassing when I topped off the Carboy with cold RO water straight...

As the title states I went alittle crazy with the final stir in the primary of my gewürztraminer :/ the elderflowers started pouring out of the bag and flooded some of the surface. I resumed kit instructions added yeast and it's now sitting with the top on. I didn't think I'd be an issue at this...

Hey guys, I want to start my Gewürztraminer wine kit today. I only have one primary fermenter which I've already used to start a chardonnay. It's been transferred to a Carboy and the primary plastic fermenter was washed with water and sanitized. Do I need to perform any other washing techniques...

Im already into my first wine kit and was confused as to when I was suppose to rack into secondary fermenter. Instructions specified at approx day 6-8 at an SG of 1.020 or less, rack to secondary. At day 5 however i was already sitting at an SG of 1.000. I left it until day 6 before racking (SG...

Hello! I've been browsing these forums for a number of weeks and decided to join. I've recently picked up a cheap wine equipment package and a California Chardonnay kit which I'm almost 2 weeks in too. There's alot of great information on this forum and for a beginner has already answered many...