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This would be great! Thanks for the opportunity.

You know, I just assumed they were made with White Grapes of some sort - but you got me thinking and googling and http://ezinearticles.com/?Tawny-Port---How-is-it-Made?&id=691758 So maybe it's time for a barrel? Since the wife would probably boot me out if I took over anymore of the basement...

Is there a port kit that would qualify as a Tawny Port?

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Hello, I was wondering if wine yeast would benefit from a shot of oxygen at the start of fermentation? I realize that oxygen is BAD later in fermentation, but when brewing beer it's a good idea to give the wort a shot of oxygen to help the yeast with the initial reproduction cycle and to...

Thanks for the replies! Now to find the time....

Got a new kit that contains grapes/skins as well as juice. Comes with a mesh bag for the fruit. I'm comfortable with the whole punching down proceedure, but I have two sanitation questions. 1) the mesh bag, simply soak it in kmeta? Or should I use something else. 2) the directions say...

My first Wine kit is in Secondary and I'm already thinking of what's next.... I went sort of cheap with a World Vineyards Zin/Shiraz to test the waters. So far so good. Anyhow, My local HB/Wine Maker store carries Wine Xperts kits. I've seen a few of you suggest that there are better...

Ok, I'll come out and say it - am I so cheap that the first kit I bought was designed to max it's flavor in 3 months and be gone in 6 months? Or is there a benefit for even this kit to some extra aging?

Hey, Let me try to address everything in one post. First thanks for the friendly helpful responses! Sediment - the directions say to rack to secondary leaving as much sediment behind as possible - And the wine is actually pretty clear already. But I can be patient..... Beer - I am...

Hello, Regular Beer brewer - so the basics of fermentation etc. are pretty clear to me, but newbie with the wine. I started my first kit wine (World Vineyards - Cali Zin/Shiraz) a few weeks ago, and then had to travel out of town for business. In the end the wine was in Primary for 17...

Newbie here. The Kit I currently have in secondary (World Vineyards - Cali Zin Shiraz) suggests that if I want to age more than 6 months I should up the amount of Sulfite in it. Am I looking at red that should really be consumed in under 6 months from bottling? Guess I started with a fast...