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i need to get some good carboy handles, and i will start to do the same....not sure mine has a thermostat....what temp do you do it at......

by the way i did not cold stabilize wine....will do that more with the fall wines.....just put them outside....here in PA.

i dont beliveve it is the T acid.....more grainy like sediment, dark in color...i did not open another bottle.... the other on the MVR was just on top, not through the wine, did not settle, but i racked it off most of it into a sanitized carboy....did not add any addl' kmeta or sorbate at...

First, did a Mosti AJ Amarone....started in may 2010, bulk aged 6 months, racked at 3 and 6 month intervals, filtered buon vino mini #2's, opened a bottle the other day and lots of sediment. any thoughts....how could it not be clear???? and yes used fining agents as provided and directed. By...

i just took my red mtn cab off the oak after 8 days....tasted and it would hit you like a louisville slugger.....the local winemaker said that oak used like we do will definitely strengthen over time.....not sure what 8 months of oaking would do.....seems it would be too much for my taste....but...

only on your front tooth.....right or left, doesnt matter.....

i will do a tooth filling for a wine kit....lol

Was wondering is ther a way we could make our own top 25 kits by doing a poll .... Maybe if everyone would list their top 5 and George could poll customers too...most of us make different varietals outside our personal preference. Then we need to analyze the data.??? Would this be...

mine is definitely less than a year old for sure, since i didnt start wine making till lastmarch or so......but if i had to guess off the top of my head (my notes are at home), i would say 8-9 months, bulk aged for 6 mos for sure....but it is awesome....En Primeur old Mundullo Shiraz.

just a note, i did the old mundullo shiraz and i think it is the best tasteing wine i have done to date.....still early on everything, but love the potential of this young wine.....doing everything i can not to drink it......

thanks on the labels...really enjoy the creativity part of that..and i always make an original label for each wine i do.....and must color coordinate the capsules......i have ordered some ofthe labels, some are really expensive (stoneycreekpress) and moderately priced (wine labels direct), and...

by the way....does that packing foam stuff drive you crazy and stick to everything....thanks george....i think you have an evil laugh when packing those boxes.....lol

I pitched the yeast on this one sunday 3/27/11....no change in SG yesterday, but some of those bubbles rising to the top, and a slight cap forming......mixed it all up and we will see.......today should see more beastie yeasties working out. never have drank anything like this before, so wanted...

thank you all for the kind words....