Recent content by byron123

Thanks for the warm welcome! I have heard about pectin and wondered if that might be the issue. I will use a press this time and add a pectinase to see what kind of effect it has. I will keep in mind the other fining agents you suggested as well. I did not know about backsweetening at all, so...

Thanks for the warm welcome. I was wondering if the screw juicer might be too aggressive and create too much pulp. Sounds like this might be the case. On the other hand, I barely got enough juice from the grapes with the screw juicer, and if I used a less aggressive method, I would end up with...

I'm a newbie to winemaking and this forum, so any help would be appreciated. I searched the forum but didn't find anyone with my particular issue, so I'm posting. I made my first batch of wine from grapes last year. I used about 1/2 muscadine grapes and 1/2 with red grapes from the store to make...