I finally got my daughter interested in wine making so I gave her a Winexpert Malbec and a Winexpert Riesling kit. I offered to help starting the kits, but she wanted to go alone.
She started 2 weeks ago and I visited after she had racked into carboys but something did not look right. It...
Update on my juice buckets.
I picked up 3 buckets of Carménère and 3 buckets of Petite Sirah in April/May. I started the Carménère immediately I arrived home and placed the Petite Sirah in cold storage for a month.
I bottled the Carménère a few weeks ago and intend bottling the Petite...
I racked the the 3 pails of Chilean Carménère for the 4th time and now have them aging for 3 months or so. I ended up with approx 18 ¾ gallons of wine. The oak spirals worked well, a bit tricky to get them out of the carboy but after a lot of carboy shaking they came out.
I will be starting...
I should really post this in the beginner’s forum.
I just bottled 18 gallons of Pinot Noir that had been aging for 3 months in 3 carboys. I racked the wine and added some Meta bisulphate to each carboy before bottling.
My usual steps are that I fill a bucket with water as I do not have a...
I have always used a bung with an airlock for the 3 - 6 months of aging that I do, for the all the kits I have made. I still occasionally glance at the instructions that come with the kits, and as I was racking the Winexpert Lodi Cab Friday I noticed for the first time that the instructions...
As usual great information from this group. Thanks
Regarding the oaking, I have some oak spirals that I want to use. First time for me using the spirals, any tips using them that may be different that using cubes? I was thinking of adding them during aging.
How do you recommend attaching them...
I picked up 3 pails of Chilean Carménère and 3 pails of Chilean Petite Sirah yesterday. I started the Carménère this morning and put the Petite Sirah in a cooler for several weeks until I can start it.
Anyone have any thoughts on adding oak to either of these 2 wines?