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Hi HB, Thank you and all for the nice compliments. Indeed the wine is excellent. We have made several more batches and all have turned out well. Since the fair we have served it at a couple of parties and a tasting and it has held up well. Everyone seems to really like it. I have to thank my...

It seemed that the sweeter wines and muscats and dessert wines did well this year.

Thanks everyone for the nice comments and compliments. I also need to say thank you to all who post on this forum. When we started we had lots of questions and we either relied on George and staff or this forum for answers. So once again thanks to all. Ray

Yes, it was an RJ Spagnols, Orchard Breezin, Peach Chardonnay. Turned out great, not too sweet, just right. The only other thing we did was filter it.

HaHa, actually had to make several new batches. Kept George and FedEx busy! Ray

Hi all, Just wanted to let everyone know our "Farfalla Wines Peach Chardonnay" won a gold medal at the Oklahoma State Fair this year. There were 150 wines from 6 states including several wineries from California. They gave 5 gold medals and we were fortunate to get one. Wanted to thank Gearge...

Room temp is actually ground temp. 58 degrees is the temp for cellars and has been the traditional "room temp" in which wine should be stored at. Ray

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it Ray

Farfalla wines had a productive weekend. We started 4 new batches. Peach-Chardonnay for around the pool this sumer, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc for Cathy, Chianti for pizza nights and Barolo to put up. Now to practice patience. Ray and Cathy

They all look Great! Nice going, wish we could decide on our labels and get them printed up. Ray

As I have said before I really like the new style spigot. I have been looking at why they work better and I think it is the one gasket. When you use two gaskets the screw nut on the inside cannot get a good seal on the curved surface on the inside of the fermenter. I don't know for sure but I'm...

Yeah, I guess the cost is the major drawback. I appreciate the the other comments. I'm just thinking that's our next step. Thanks, Ray

Hi, Has anyone here graduated up to using larger SS tanks. What are the good and bad points or things I need to consider. We want to start making larger batches of a single varietal. Thanks, Ray