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Thanks for the info. I'm hoping to get around 3 1/2 gallons after pressing the must - Ison/Supreme muscadine mix. Looks like I'm ordering gallon sized containers.

New to wine making. Making my first batch of muscadine wine now. Must is still in the primary fermenter. I will rack to a 3 gallon carboy. When it's time for the next racking, is it OK to rack to smaller containers such as 1 gallon jugs/jars? If so, any advantage to keeping the batch...

Thanks for the info. Initially when I stopped at Ison's I asked someone there for recommendations for mainly fresh eating and jelly. I didn't mention wine making. I was thinking if I had some extra fruit I may give it a try making small batches. I'm trying to follow Ison's suggestions on...

Background: I used to have 2 muscadine vines: 1 Cowart and 1 Tara - mainly for eating and did make some jelly. Vines got out of hand due to a lack of knowledge and care so I pulled them up. Last year I started over. I expanded and setup a trellis system for 6 vines: 3 rows with 2 vines. I...