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Thanks everyone!

Thank you for the comments, here are some of the details. The grapes were grown in central MA, just a couple miles from my house. This year was a wonderful year for Seyval in the area according to the vineyard owner. We picked the grapes the day before the first hard frost and are what I would...

Working on a white that I do not want to put through MLF. Any suggestions for commercial wines that would work well with Seyval grapes?

Thanks for the feedback, funny enough took a wild guess and did pretty much what both of you recommended! The Brix was increased to 21.5, and put in some pectic enzyme for almost 12 hours.. maybe 10.. Because this is a perfect opportunity to experiement, I am splitting the batch into 4...

Greetings all, Yesterday, I happened into 8 gallons of fresh Seyval grape juice and was hoping to get some advice before I start diving into this head first. I am a very experienced brewer of beer, but wine is still new to me with only 3 kits under my belt. Being a chemical engineer a lot of...

Thanks or all the replies. When I saw all the bottles with the corks wet so far up the first thing that went through my mind, was my wife and I may need to step up our rate of consumption. The batch turned out so good it may not last long enough to really worry about.

The wine has been in the bottles for almost 2 1/2 months. These are standard bottles, not screw tops and all uniform in size. Will keep an eye on them to make sure the wine doesn't reach the end. Thanks for the reassurance! Will be going to size 9 for the next round of corking.

Just started making wine and bottle my first batch. It has been in the bottles for a couple months now and just noticed the corks are wet 3/4ths the way up. Not to the end though... Used standard bottles and size 8 corks. Is this ok? Or should I consider recorking? Thanks for the help!