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I've been making wine since 2014 all kit wines, dragon bloods and so on. I've made 2-300 gallons. I went on my first winery tour here in Minnesota/Wisconsin. I really like a dry red made from Marquette grapes. I think I'm ready to try my first batch from fresh grapes. I found a vineyard not to...

I have done some searching around on this site but couldn't find any previous posts. Bottled my second 1 gallon batch of wine and it has a horrible rubber taste. My first gallon batch had the same problem, but not as bad. I have never had this problem with my 6 gallon or larger batches. The...

Anyone try this? Just saw it in an email from a supplier. Looks pretty cool. Curios if it works good? Thanks

I found 5 or so bottles on my rack with these small bubbles by the corks? No wine was leaking out that I could tell. Is air getting into the wine through the corks? Or am I being paranoid? After letting the bubbles move to the main part of the bottle I moved the suspect bottles to a separate...

Not that I ever plan on making more than 200 gallons of wine per year. But I was killing some time and searched the web for a while, looking for a story about anyone being prosecuted or arrested for breaking the 100/200 gallon rule. I found nothing. Just stories about illegal stills and...

Bottled my amarone maybe 3 months ago. Popped the cork on the first bottle tonight. I must say that I'm not impressed so far. Strong alcohol taste and not much flavor. I actually coughed up the cash and bought a bottle of Italian amarone before I got this kit. The stuff from the liquor store...

I am doing my first "double batch". 12 gallons of dragon blood in my new 20 gallon brute. I took the time filling my carboy twice to see exactly where 12 gallons is. Turns out it is almost exactly at the first rib in the molding. Coincidence? I think not. Turns out it's fate that I make wine...

I am bottling my WE Italian amarone. As of now it tastes like a charred oak barrel. (done per instructions + a month. I didn't want to let it go any longer. Topping up with wine that costs $40+ a bottle is not an option). Exactly the same as my Lodi ranch cab tasted and my Chilean Malbec. Is...

I find it way to easy to put the bottling wand directly into my glass while bottling. Needless to say I usually only get 29 bottles out of a kit ;). Just curios if anyone else has this problem?

I'm about to start my first double batch of dragon blood in a 20 gallon brute garbage can. I have a lid for it but I am almost certain it isn't an airtight seal. Can I ferment to dry without a functioning lid and airlock? Should I rack about the time I remove the fruit 1.000?

I went down to the winery tonight to check on my creations and found my airlock was full of wine. There was spray over 3 ft away. I racked it yesterday sg 1.000. Temperature had changed only 1 or 2 degrees. However fermentation seemed to be very active. This has never happened to me before...

Anyone know anything about this unit? Does it seem like a good deal? I might pull the plug on it tomorrow. Guy says it works as it should. Maybe I'll try to talk him down to $150? And if it is a good deal please don't try to snag it out from under me...

Went grouse hunting for the first time today. Lots of leaves and many lucky birds. But 1 met its match. Hunter went bird crazy for 3 straight hours. Hopefully I wore him out enough so he doesn't drive momma cookoo any more.

Has anyone on here tried there kits? The prices look good and they make it sound like they have top quality kits? http://uselitewine.com/index.php?id=1

Home Depot has brute trash cans for sale. They are gray colored and have a #4 recycle symbol on them. Are these the ones some are using for primary fermenters? I noticed in joeswine's posts he has what looks identical to these brute cans except his is white? WHERE CAN I PURCHASE A WHTE CAN...

I was searching the internet for a used wine rack and found this. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/19/transformer-wine-rack_n_1608408.html

I found a good way to protect wine for shipping. Can coozies.

Going to be finally starting my batch of Welch's concentrate. I would have started it today but I was gathering my ingredients and noticed I don't have any acid blend. Since I'm headed to my LHBS I thought I'd try a different yeast strain than what I have on hand. 1118 What are your thoughts on...

I found some king of the north and prairie star frozen grape juice buckets for sale. I was curios if these grapes make good wine? Anyone on here try these? Here's what the U of M says about the prairie star: Also known by the synonym name ES 3-24-7. Is a cross between ES 2-7-13 and ES 2-8-1...

I was thinking about starting a batch of Welch's white grape. I found a recipe on Jack Kellers site that looks good. It calls for using straight juice. If my calculations are correct that should be 2.5 cans of concentrate per gallon. Does that sound right? I was going to use the white Niagra...