Recent content by Sputman99

First rack of my red from my vine - made mistakes on the way. It way to potent. Myself having a test

Excellent advice - my juice was actually from my grapes but it may well have been concentrat. Will sorbate remove the oxygen? I’m going to do what you suggest and fill one of them to the brim, and use a smaller bottle for the rest. I could of course get a bottle of red and fill it up a bit ! At...

Yay - got my first batch of grapes fermented. It was produced from the juice extracted and frozen from grapes - i also made a mistake and watered it down by half. I added sugar and let it ferment. Its had a month for fermenting and i just racked it ( see pic ). Now as it didnt ferment in the...

Thanks winemaker81 that’s excellent advice. Was going to order a starter kit this morning but England is in lockdown on Thursday 5 so all the decent on line shops are suspended- i guess it’ll have to be Amazon UK eek

Brill - I’ll have a go - most useful. I’ll go buy a kit and start. Half jam, half wine - sounds good. Such a helpful forum

Thanks for the information - i thought i had done something a little odd activating the pectin. Jam and jelly it is for my frozen batch. I have more on the vine to press so i shall experiment with that - most appreciated help. :)

Thanks for answering - I’m pretty confident that making it following on-line tutorials - its just that i didnt crush them - i blended them and heated and strained them before i decided to make wine - i have frozen it all which is great advice. I have all the instructions but this part - i cant...

Hi - I’m new to the forums And a Noob at wine making. I have loads of Concord grapes and wanted to make some wine. Now what I have done is did a quick blend of the grapes, did a heat in a saucepan, ran it though a sieve and ended up with a thick grape syrup which i have frozen. I know I should...