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Dan and Tom, I've just got confirmation that the filter shipped to mr would be $177. So I am over priced. I'm going to lower th price to 130. Thanks for your help. -Ryan

Hey Wade! Yeah, I've taken some time off but my supply is starting to run low, so I'm thinking wine again. Maybe this will buy me a nice kit if I sell :) Good to see you around!

I may have to lower my price. In the meantime I've looked at that link and found it's $143 to buy, and that didn't seem to include shipping. I've sent the company a link to find the right price. Still when I search Google prices seem to be in the $180 price range. If it doesn't sell then I...

Thanks to the info. I looked at best prices when I did list it. If you could post that link for me I will definitely lower the price. But I think they may have gone up in price since they were that cheap.

Lowered price to $130. Thanks I bought a Buon Vino Mini Jet Filter about 4 years ago. I used it once in 2006. Then it sat on a shelf because I got into beer making. I used it one other time on my wines that I've had. I still do wine, but not very often and I have much more time to let them...

Part of the reason I don't calibrate the 1tsp level myself is because depending on the chemical, compaction, and other stuff will change how much 1 tsp weighs (part of the reason I'm going away from measuring by volume). I know its a bit anal, but I'm type A, so it helps me to sleep at...

I'm trying to make a sanitizer solution. It tells me 4tsp per 1/2 gal of water to sanitize. I am switching from measuring by volume, instead to measuring by weight. So anyone know how much 4 tsp of K-meta should weigh? I'm using a very small precise scale.... oz's or grams... I'll probably...

Can anyone verify if the carbon is the same thing out of a Britta water filter (before I add a little). Thanks, ryan. Ps cool snake thing but I'd like to avoid another toy.

I was listening to an old episode of Robert Linders wine talk (a podcast, not sure about the name). But one winemaker said he had overaged a wine in a barrel and the wine had oxidized. He added activated carbon to fix the wine. I, too, have done this recently. By not topping up enough, and not...

Good info pete, thanks. I actually just started storing wine in corny kegs under a layer of Co2 with no pressure. I was unsure if it was absorbing into the wine or not. I had planned to get argon or nitrogen. Just wasn't sure which was cheaper or more accessible. Looks like maybe I'll just...

2008 Merlot Vineyards Idaho notes 9/25/08 I picked up barely over 300 lbs of grapes and split them three ways with Matt and Greg. I got them from Dick who owns and operates a Vineyard in Idaho. I drove up one day, 5.5 hrs away from my house to his vineyard and helped him pick all 300 lbs of...

I've bought raw grapes from wineries twice now. One is currently underway, and the other was magnificent (if I do toot my own horn a little) :)

I have a filter and have done it both ways. I, too, have found that white 'stuff' in a bottle, even after filtering. I have done wines since, filtered and unfiltered and found they do not have that 'stuff' in them. Here are a few things I have 'fixed' about my technique. I bulk age a LONG time...

Well it’s been some time since I’ve written on here, so I thought I would stop by and say hi. Maybe even share some of my recent experiences with everyone. Every year I take a trip to the Napa Sonoma California area to taste and pick up some high quality wines. Since I live in Utah, I do not...

I was thinking of a new oak idea over the weekend. I have recently found, since going to oak cubes, sticks, or spirals, I have a lot of oak chips left over. I’m talking about the bigger oak chips about the size of one’s fingernail. Okay, that’s gross… lets say…. The size of an M&M...