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I made a Cellar 7 Merlot Blush kit that I bought because it had quite good reviews. It cost me £30.00 for the kit and £13.00 for the 5 gallon demijohn so, because I had all the other stuff already, it's turned out to have cost me £1.72/bottle which I think is pretty good. I usually pay around...

Well, I've decided to just let it sit in the DJ for a few months and then see what happens. It's actually perfectly clear already but I'm working on the theory that I'll just leave it alone and let it do its thing for a while. I've got a peach and banana wine that's gurgling away merrily now...

3 weeks. The book I've been using said that once the airlock stops bubbling, take the DJ into a warmer room for a few days to see if it starts bubbling again. That's what I did but there was absolutely no movement whatsoever (it was in the living room in my line of sight to the TV so I could...

Hi I started a gallon of strawberry wine a few weeks ago - my first ever attempt at winemaking. The fermentation went fine and I ended up with an SG of 995. Fermentation appeared to have stopped (I gave it a couple of extra days with no bubbling) so I thought I was OK to do a first racking...

Ok Bob, I also picked up some (hang on while I spell this out) Potassium Sorbate powder and some Sodium Metabisulphite tablets this morning - I'm going to assume that the Potassium Sorbate is what I need to add before the F-Pac? And thanks for the pep talk Cindy - I would have let this first...

Thanks for the advice Wade. I actually popped down to Wilkinsons this morning and bought a whole load of stuff including a hydrometer, pectolase, tannin and some "wine acid" - not too sure what's in the "wine acid" but hopefully they know what they're doing! As this batch was only ever...

Hello I finally took the plunge last weekend and started my very first batch of wine from a recipe I found in an old book. After starting the wine off I found this site and started to read about "proper" wine making and it's totally different to what I did. So anyway, I have a gallon...

Diolch yn fawr iawn tonyandkory. Thanks for the advice Duster - I'll pop into the Beginner's section and post there . . . . .

Hi I'm Skywise and I live in West Wales. I've always wanted to try wine making and this weekend I finally took the plunge and started a batch of strawberry wine from a recipe that I found in an old book. As usual, I've done everything a*se backwards and started the wine off without...