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RJ Spagnols Cru International California Moscato Wine Kit Been buying corks for awhile now. Cider yeasts would be a nice add.

Always be careful sweetening new wine. As wine ages it will become less harsh and taste sweeter. If you sweeten new wine and this happens you may end up with a wine sweeter than you want.

Look up Polyclar 10 it just might help after you do all of the other things.

To get your feet wet without spending a lot of money I'd go one of two ways; either buy a Orchard Breezin' Peach Perfection as this kit is easy to make and most people like it. Kit runs between $65 and $75. The other option and I hate to say it is Dragons Blood and there is all kinds of...

It's more important to make a wine you like then it is to make a easy wine you don't like.

I'm with Julie on this one I like Hungarian oak for Blackberry

I use a 4 lb bag of sugar and a few ripe bananas

Wanted to say thank you again to Home Brew Supply for having the contest in which I won the Winexpert Eclipse Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel. I got around to starting it on Sunday and it is fermenting along nicely.

I split the one of these I did into two 3 gallon batches and added 4 oz of Brewer's Best Chocolate flavoring to one of them. The Coconut was good but the Chocolate Coconut one was what everyone wanted more of. I still have a few bottles of each in my reserve and I have orders not to give any...

These should be it, they are attached as a pdf. They read across so you have to put the pages beside each other. Where did you find that kit? That company went belly up, this was one of my wife's favorite wines.

Lalvin K1V-1116 is my go to yeast for making Blueberry wine. From there web site: The K1V-1116 strain tends to express the freshness of white grape varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Seyval. The natural fresh fruit aromas are retained longer than with other standard yeast...

I had the low pH low acid happen to me once and never did figure out why. I fermented and then added acid. After ferment lower pH isn't as big a deal and with a lower pH you don't need as much sulfite. Agree with Julie on getting acid up a bit. I have used Real Lemon Juice to add some...

I've used these a few times with good to great results. Adding a couple bananas helps with the body and mouth feel. I also tend to use these along with something else to help them along. I made a Port Style wine with the Black Currant along with steamed Blackberry and Blueberry juice, and then...

Black Currant was the fruit that surprised me the most, made a great port style wine with a 96 oz can of Vintner's Harvest Fruit Bases. Recipe on my BLOG

Try Walmart, they have a white grape peach it makes a real good wine. Comes in 1/2 gallon jugs.