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My choice would be the: RJ Spagnols En Primeur Italian Super Tuscan 18L Kit I tried to order your Winexpert Eclipse Bravado Super Tuscan w/Grape Skins and during mid-order got called away by a phone call. When I returned and placed the order it said you were out of stock so I lost out...

Also want to add that I have no intention of trying to bump up the alcohol content. Any addition of Dextrose or sugar would probably start up a mini-fermentation again and open a whole new can of worms for me I would think. Judging by responses I've gotten, my wine is probably sitting at...

Howdy, What you all have told me makes perfect sense. I believe I took the O.G. reading just after adding the pack of skins to the primary. It was 1.082 at that time. After secondary and clearing, it was sitting at .992. So, I probably didn't give the skins time to get mixed in and up the...

Hi, I am about 9 mos. into my bulk aging of this cabernet. When computing the S.G. I'm coming up with an approx. finished wine of about 12.23%. I was wondering if this is normal for those of you who have made this one. Was also curious what the procedure is (at this stage) for bumping up the...

I have 2 reds bulk aging in carboys. Question #1: Do I need to do something like add K-Meta periodically during my year-long aging in the carboy? How about re-racking every few months? (I did add an extra 1/4 tsp. K-Meta on the final racking after clearing...) Started the aging in early March...

Thanks for the education everyone! Lori, who are the Moodies? What had me confused besides my S.G of .994 after primary, was some of the pics I've seen that show a 3/4 filled growler sized jug with airlock on. I had been thinking that smaller jugs were for overflow, but now see that if the...

Thanks for the replies. I was wondering also if dropping down to .994 during primary fermentation is normal? Also, is it pretty much true that after primary ferm. that if you have an airlock on the container, and there is space on top, regardless of whether it's a carboy or jug, or wine...

Hi, I just finished the primary fermentation on my first batch of wine. The wine is a merlot from a WE kit with grape skins. My O.G. was 1.084 and the reading after day 7 of fermentation was .994 I've racked to secondary. There is only a bubble now and then thru my airlock. The directions...