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Does any commercial winery do 5 gallon wine kegs? If so, can anyone point me in the right direction to best obtain the equipment necessary and the knowledge to do it.

Just curious as to how many commercial wineries are here on the forum.

We have been using the plastic T Shirt bags when a customer buys a bottle of wine. I would like to hear what other small commercial wineries use to "bag" a customers purchase of a bottle or two of wine. We do have the 2 and 4 bag cloth stitched bags that we sell for cost, but customers don't...

Curious as to what others use on the outside of their SS tanks. I have been using Weiman Stainless Steel wipes. Although they work good in removing fingerprints, water stains, etc. they are a bit costly. What do you other wineries use for outside tank care?

Getting ready to do some bench tests on black currant wine. I have scoured the net for black currant recipes and have found several. What I am wondering most about is the number of pounds per gal. Some recipes call for as low as 1.5#/gal up to 2.5#/gal. I was going to use 3#/gal but would...

Well I was hoping to purchase a semi automatic corker this year, but alas, I may have to wait a bit. In the meantime, I'd like to step up from the Italian floor corkers and was wondering if anyone has one of the Rapid 44 corkers and would like to hear their thoughts.

I currently use a 30" cartridge filter system. After use, I clean and store the filter back into the housing and fill it with vodka. I am trying to come up with an economical way to store my 2nd filter after use. I looked into cpvc as an option but the cost for it is $30 a foot, 20'...

I just came back from the wine symposium in Sacramento and heard about this type of air cleaner. I was discussing airborne yeast/bacteria/viruses with a Lab consultant and he recommended in looking into this air purifier to remove unwanted airborne yeast etc. http://www.airocide.com/ Has...

Just wanted to see if anyone has purchased, used, or seen this corker in use, and have any recommendations. Here is a link to the corker I am looking at buying. http://www.napafermentation.com/corkers1.html#!/Semi-Automatic-Corking-Machine-T-P-A/p/23250048/category=5488423 Appreciate input.

Just finished racking to another tank when lo and behold noticed it was leaking. It had faulty robotic welding right on the seam where the side and bottom seam meet. Thankfully we had another tank cleaned and sanitized so we were able to get it pumped over before any damage was done. I am...

We are in the need to find a machine that will chop or shred rhubarb. I have googled it to death and found an apple shredder that I think may work. Hear is a pic of what it looks like. They are either Italian or German made. Would this work for rhubarb? Would love to hear from...

Looking at buying the Vinmetrica SC-300 and would like to hear from others who have this, and hear what they have to say.

Can anyone recommend a software program that doesn't cost thousands of dollars that we can use to comply with the feds record keeping for a bonded winery? If not, then what do other small family run wineries use? We are currently using spreadsheets but would like to see what else may be better.

Will be picking lingonberries after we have a couple of frosts. Will begin some 1 gal bench tests trying different yeasts and tannins. Will appreciate any and all yeast/tannin, pH, and fruit volume recommendations.

I have searched this site for recipes on raspberry wine and plan on using the one in the recipe section. I have found one source for yeast recommendations. The yeast pairing chart recommends RC212. I'd like to hear from others who have made raspberry wine and see what anyone else can also...

We are in the process of sending off our label for rhubarb wine and wanted to hear from other commercial wineries if they had any issues getting their rhubarb wine label approved. When reviewing TTB's labeling guidelines, rhubarb doesn't fall under the fruit category so we are wondering if we...

I will have a good crop of gooseberries this year and I have a few questions. 1. What is the best yeast for gooseberry wine? 2. Any tannin? 3. Do I have to head and tail the gooseberries if I bag em for the fermenter?

We are in the process of reevaluting our insurance needs and was wondering if other's had any suggestions on other insurance vendors.

Hi everyone, I am in the process of purchasing a 30" filter system for our winery. I have been looking at a few sites that offer the 30" with the corresponding filters. We are wondering if any of you have any places that you would recommend. We will be using the 1 and .45 absolute micron...

We have been making strawberry wine for some time now and would like to hear from others on what yeasts and tannins they use.