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Turkey Dreams Woke up this morning and I was dreaming of Turkey. Frank

Winery I have a lot of fun everyday. The biz allows me to get more in depth as to how to make good wine, blending and finishing. No doubt some great wine is made from kits, the addition of properly oaked blending wine and chemicaly ballanced wines rival even the best kits. Regards Frank...

Permits,FOP Wade I would never try to discourage anybody from getting the proper permits or licenses to fulfill a dream, our just open a dam good business. Quite the opposite. My only advise is to go it steady and gain the understanding of what is expected of you as you go along. Many wineries...

FOP, Winery permitting Huh gave a good explanation of the requirements for a bonded winery. There are two federal permit required, "Basic Permit" which defines the operation (IE. Distillery, winemaking /Blending,Rectifier, wholesale Etc) and then there is there is the permit to "establish and...

Wine Barrels Wine barrels are 63 gallons. Wine barrels are An English and later British unit of capacity, a quarter of a tun, = 63 wine gallons. After conversion to imperial measure in 1824, the hogshead became 52.5 imperial gallons, about 238.7 liters. Regards Frank V...

Wine Kits use by Date Let's remember that when they create the concentrate, the juice is put in a vacuum which allows the juice to boil at a very low temperature. The concentrate is boiled off to about 68 Brix . Degrees Brix (symbol °Bx) is a measurement of the dissolved sugar-to-water mass...

Wine Barrels Wine barrels, new, used for flavoring or storage. Attached is a site that you can buy used barrels. Always be sure to get the history of the barrel (will indicate how much is left in the barrel to exhibit flavoring) And confirm cleanliness, and how it was stored(Gased,ect)...

Head Space in fermenter,carboy,ageing vessel A good way to put your mind at rest that air in the head space won't taint your wine is to top it off with an inert gas. You can prchase a 5 Lb Co2 bottle for about $20.00, have it filled at your local gas supplier (Praxair,Air Product or a reputable...

Wine Labels You can check out our wine label selection at http://lakewoodwinery. You can also design your own and print them on sheets, in ink,laser or wax. You can also invest in a roll label printer (Primera,VP or indigo-$1000.00-$7000.00-$40,000.00 Respectively) If you plan on 1000-2000...

Floating lid 55Gallon Drum I assume you are using a straight side 55 gal drum. They are a little less than 22" Radius, But they have a lip which precludes a solid insert. The seals are available from StT Patricks in texas http://www.stpats.com/index.htm. We are working on a cross linked PE...

We are a micro winery in Bradenton FL. We started the company as a retail winemaking store with vint on site capability. We quickly learned there is a fine line between people making wine on your premise and how much input the shop is allowed before it is considered the shop is making the wine...

Wade My daily carry is a Kimber Tactical II 45. The mrs carries a 380 Walther. You never know when you might need it.

We have various label for the same wines.We probably have over 100 ttb approved labels and 1000 other labels that we have done for clients. http://www.winemakingpantry.com

Our small winery does private label wines for weddings and special events. We also private label other products and we offer our wine labels on ebay, Just trying to keep the graphic guy employed. Here is an example of a label for a commencement, turnaround for labels is about a week.We can...

Just happened upon the site with a google search checking on our website location. I don't normally join forums, but this is really well done. Regards www.winemakingpantry.com