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What yeast type would you recommend for Reisling to ferment and get the Granny Smith apple smell and taste?

Is it best to plant vines now or in the spring? Wife brought home several in three gal containers

Has anyone ever used Lalvin QA 23 to ferment a red. I am think of trying on a concord but just wondered if anyone else has experimented.

I am thinking of putting in a small run of reisling plants, say six to twelve plants to start Has anyone ever build a hoop house over the plants to protect them from harsh winters? I live very very close to Lake Erie and the air temp and wind speed coming of the lake can be quite dramatic...

I have attached a photo of my wines I have aging in my basement. The first three going from left to right are Riesling and the furthest right is a peach. As you can see, the first carboy of Riesling, which is also the youngest, is continuing to turn darker brown. The only difference from...

I may be posting in the wrong section of the forum, but I hope someone can help me. I live in NE Ohio by wine country and have been buying a wine called White Silk and it is produced by Virant Winery which is very near to me. My wife and I have been trying to determine what type of grapes...

I have going a Pale lager which is currently in the lager stage. My question is the wort is still a beige color and shows no sign of clearing even after a total of three weeks. What do I need to add or do yo get it clear?

I had made two Rieslings just trying different yeast. I made up the juice all at on time and adjusted gravity 1.091, brix 22, acid .8437, pH 3.24. Added pectin, kmeta, and some tannin. Split the juice into two 3 gal carboys and save the remainder to back sweeten when I am ready to bottle...

I am interested in trying some yeast blends in Reisling or other white wine to attempt to derive some different flavors and characteristics. Has anyone else done some blending and what did you yeast blends, juice type, and what characteristics did you obtain.

My wife has always liked the taste of Pouilly-Fuissé ever since before we met (over 30 years). Since I have recently started getting into making wine, i was wondering if anyone knows or has a recipe/method for the same wine or a taste equivalent. I beleive that Pouilly-Fuissé is a...

I have several types of wine going and all have the same issue for me. I have a cherry and peach which has been bulk aging for two months, two types of Riesling and a concord which has been aging only a few weeks. All have good flavor but have a very strong alcohol taste. I sampled each as...

Have any of your ever heard off or have ever done fermentation of Concord grapes using on the natural yeast on the grapes. A local winery/vineyard owner who is about 80 and is from Slovenia says this is the way he ferments his concord wine so that it retains the original grape taste. I tried...

Now that I got my fermentation going, what is the best fermentation temperature for making a good bodied Reisling?

I have two seperate 5 gal fermenters going making a Reisling. The juices are the same as all additives were added to the master 10 gallon container and then seperated into five gallon units. The only difference is the type of yeast use. One has Red Star Premire Curvee and the other Lalvin...