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Eclipse Napa Valley Stags Leap Merlot

Great giveaway! I'm interested in the Cru Select Austrailian Cabernet Sauvignon 16 L Wine Kit.

Good call, some of the information was incorrect. This was a one gallon batch: 5.8 lbs of (fresh) shredded pumpkin, 2 ounces of fresh ginger root, 1 1/2 pounds of brown sugar, 1 lb of raisins. It sat in primary for a week, then secondary for a couple of months before bottling. i didn't have...

So, i just cracked my first bottle of homemade Pumpkin wine; consisting of large amounts of pumpkin, some ginger root, and several pounds of honey and sugar. When i take a reading on my vinometer it says that the wine is over 25% alcohol. A vinometer is pretty simple to use and my other two...