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Getting bubbles with water too. I think I'm just going to get the antigravity transfer pump.

What would I be lubricating with? I will try siphoning water like you suggested. Thanks!

I have made wine from kits as well as homemade for the last 3 years and have had consistently had issues with tiny air bubbles in the autosiphon. Its one thing if I'm just racking between primary and secondary fermentation, but when it happens when I bottle it sucks because I have to let the...

I have 9 lbs of concord grapes and will get 25 lbs or so of my neighbor's honey crisp apples. I'd like to make a 6 gallon wine recipe. Ideas?

Thanks everyone for your thoughts!

It was a half inch, and in the 4 days since I've racked there is almost no sediment at all. The wine is extremely clear. I think you may be right, that it's just residual CO2. SG was .0995

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I have a Pinot grigio kit in the works and, because the wine was already so clear (1/2" sediment on bottom) I did my second racking. Was this too soon? It still has a minute amount of effervescence (not visible, just barely felt on the tongue, so it isn't 100% complete with secondary...

I'm looking for a tried and true blueberry wine recipe, one that makes 6 gallons. This will be my first non-kit recipe so the tried and true part is important. I'm open to a traditional blueberry fruit wine or a port or dessert wine with higher alcohol, higher flavor.

Love to hear recommendations for 6 gal wine recipe kits you've done. I've made one Master Vintner Merlot (weekday wine) kit, and it turned out kind of dull. My tastes for reds are generally Merlots and Malbecs, and for whites, Sauvignon Blancs and Pinot Grigios. Looking for full body, light...

I'm using my first wine kit and have always had issues getting the siphon going. How do I know if I have a defective one? I've watched the Master Vinter (by Wine Authority) video of him bottle siphoning and he seems to just jiggle and lightly pump a couple of times and it siphons great. I do...

I'm in the process of making my first merlot wine from a kit. Went through primary fermentation and secondary formation nicely. After secondary fermentation was complete (SG .996), I racked back into the glass carboy but quite a bit of cloudy sediment came with it. I still went ahead and...