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VineCo Signature Series craft winemaking series: anyone have experience with the merlot, cabsav or cab sav merlot? Many thanks peeps

I forgot about this kit, and started it today. Has anyone else made this? Thoughts?

Just wondering about this. My chickens are free range and every so often I let them into my compost, which is where my wine making leftovers currently go. I also have 5 apple trees and they go to town on the fallen apples; some of which I know to be fermenting (drunken birds 😂). So I was...

Blueberry Wine Jan 7 2021 15x600g blueberries (PC Canadian Wild) (Small amt of blackberries, cherries, strawberries & raspberries) 2000g blueberries (PC naturally imperfect cultivated blueberries) Freeze/Thaw/Squish & Pectic Enzyme in primary for 24hrs 11kg or 24.25 lbs total for 6.5 gal...

Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions on rhubarb wine? Tannins, amount of rhubarb to use, yeast etc. Any successful batches I can use your tips & tricks. I have 50lbs of rhubarb that I am cutting and freezing this week. Thanks all! JC

To start with: 1800g crabapple concentrate (slowly simmered and mashed crabapples in water) 3000g rhubarb (frozen thawed, chopped) 2300g blueberries (frozen thawed) 2L apple juice (W Family) 1.36L "Blueberry Harvest" juice (Sunrype) 5.44L white grape juice (W Family) 60mL lemon juice "Banana...

How long should I leave fruit in secondary? It's under airlock and getting swirled multiple times daily. Thanks!

I've made a number of RJS en premier and winery series kits. I particularly enjoyed the Chilean Merlot. Any recommendations for the WineXpert kits? Low, med, high......let me know which you liked Thanks, Jenn

Started Sept 2016 Crab apples and Macintosh type apples picked here, fresh, in Northern BC. 30lbs crab apples 20lbs other apples Chopped/Frozen/thawed, kmeta for 12h, pectin enzyme for another 12 before yeast pitch 7days in primary. 1.9gal white grape juice 8kg sugar Yeast...

Started Nov11 Recipe: Sugar, approx 8lbs 5pineapples; 8lbs sliced into chunks 4cans of 1lb pineapple chunks in juice Yeast lalvin D47 Pineapple/Apple/Grape juice to top up to 3gal Yeast nutrients OG 1090 Primary for 7days, nutrient added initially and at 1060 Moved to secondary at 1010

I have rc-212 and Lalvin 71B-1122. Would one be better than the other? It is a 50/50 mix of blueberries and blackberries. Thanks!

After three winery series red kits with their luscious, jammy grape packs I was disappointed upon opening my En Primeur Shiraz and finding a small bag of dried skins. I was also disappointed in the small amt of oak shavings, and EC1118 yeast. For a higher end and more expensive kit it was...

Which pinot's have you made? Were they bad/good/great? Thanks!

I started this kit in Feb 2015 and bottled yesterday. Last night I drank the incomplete 3/4 bottle and it was great! I bought this kit on a whim to have some white on hand for guests as I typically drink red. I was pleasantly surprised! Especially as this was a 12L/4 week kit. I highly recommend...

Does anyone have a lilac wine recipe that they've made and turned out well? My lilacs are just starting to bloom and I'd love to try capturing that delicious aroma into a wine. Thanks! Jenn

I'm about to start a Chateau Classico 6 Week Wine Kit, New Zealand Pinot Noir that I bought from Amazon. I've made a few kits, and a number of country wines. Does anyone have any suggestions for tweaks? A little bit of oak in primary? A different yeast? It came with SuperB "Saccharomyces...

How many days should I wait to remove blackberries from primary? They are frozen/thawed but not macerated. Should it be no more than four days, similar to raspberries, to avoid bitterness from the seeds? Thanks!

I'm planning three different wines; blueberry, blackberry and raspberry. What kind of grape concentrate should I add for each? Does it matter? I would prefer to use winemaking grape concentrates but if you genuinely can't tell the difference, should I use Welch's? For the blueberry wine I am...

Hi eveyone, My name is Jenn and I recently starting making mead, and wine, and I am looking at trying my hand at BIAB all grain beer making. I am a nurse in Ft St John, BC, Canada. I have two little boys and have recently become a stay at home mom....so, for sanity reasons, I took up home...