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thanks so much! you guys are a godsend!

I thought I was told by George and others to rack to carboy when the SG was 1.01 or so. My instructions say .998 or lower. It is at 1.01 currently, do I rack? If I rack, do I also add sulphite and potassium sorbate and degas/add kieselsol and Chitosan?

Thanks Wade! You guys have been a great help.

Found it. I can't find the procedure to add. I have made a syrup with the sugar and boiling water and have it covered and cooling. It's about a liquid cup and a halfof syrup. Is that the proper way to add sugar? When can/should I add it? This is near the 48 hour mark.

New wine maker here, veteran consumer . Is oak provided in kits toasted? Can you by oak of different toasts? I'm wondering if toasting oak cubes over burning oak would give more of a smoky taste found in wines aged in french oak barrels since french oak barrels are toasted with flame instead of...

I fished it out this morning, and put the airlock into the lid before reapplying. The directions for this kit have me racking at day 14. I'll probably be going to Georges' place between now and then for a degassing device, and anything else I can think of. Maybe an extra carboy or two and...

A couple of friends of mine are fine vine wine patrons and pointed me here. I'm also looking forward to visiting. I do have another question, and I'm sure the answer is somewhere. I'm not too lazy to research, and will. But if I wanted to raise the alc. content, can I add sugar, when and...

Thank you all for the responses and the welcome. I can tell already this forum is going to help tremendously!

It's a Vino del Vida Pinot Noir. Has anyone used this kit before and has pointers? I ran into an issue, when pushing the airlock into the primary fermenter the rubber gromet pushed through into the wine. I'm thinking instead of fishing it out and disturbing the yeast, I should leave it and...