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    Here it is! Our first finished batch!!

    Thank you all for the wonderful compliments! Yes, this was made a couple of years ago. We still have 5 bottles left. I drink them sparingly because I don't want to run out! It has aged wonderfully :try We currently have a Cab Sauv, an apple and a green tomato (I'm a little scared of this one...
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    Here it is! Our first finished batch!!

    Thanks everyone!! Yes we designed the labels ourselves - my husband came up with the name... Imagine that ;) Thought it was a great play on words though! We chose Riesling as our first because it's my favorite - hubby wanted to do a Pinot first, but...I won ;) I have a bit of a sweet tooth...
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    Here it is! Our first finished batch!!

    So excited! Our first try at wine making was a success! Our Late Harvest Riesling is beautiful, bottled and tastes FABULOUS! ...Granted, this wine was from a wine kit, but we did it without turning it into vinegar none-the-less! Yay for us :) ...the bottle with the gold shrink is our very first...
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    3/4 or 1/2 tsp per gallon of sorbate?

    I put the k-meta and sorbate in our peach and plum wines tonight... I noticed our pkg. of sorbate said to add 3/4 tsp. per gallon. Just as an FYI, these packets are supplied by our brewer supply company so it's their own printed label on the pkg. of sorbate - so it's not any one specific brand...
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    Stabilizer questions...

    Okay, so re-add Campden tabs after fermentation is complete and do this every racking, or every other?? (I've read conflicting answers regarding this...) Also, do I add the potassium sorbate just once after fermentation, or do I also add that continuously throughout clearing (when I rack)...
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    Plum wine tastes like medicine

    Thank you all for you replies! I am definitely going to try using an f-pac and sweeten it up a bit to see if I can save it. There is plum flavor to it - just, overall, it is definitely very "alcohol tasting". ...Funny thing is that when I look up plum wines, many people in general seem to...
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    F Pack

    Hi Bud ~ This is the thread I saw regarding f-packs when I was looking for info on them last week. http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7547 Hope that helps!
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    Stabilizer questions...

    ...I think I answered my own question regarding stabilization if doing F-pac...you have to stabilize before doing one ;) How long after adding stabilizers do you wait before doing the f-pac though?
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    Stabilizer questions...

    Okay, so our plum and peach wines are both done fermenting. My 1st question is: Do we add the potassium sorbate now, or do we wait until we've racked a couple more times so that the wine is clear? (...we keep reading conflicting tips...) My 2nd questions is: We added the campden tablets...
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    Plum wine tastes like medicine

    My starting SG 1.090 I guess I'm confused on knowing how much fruit to use...? We referred to 2 recipes (both nearly identical) and both said use 15# per 5 gallons. One was a sheet of recipes that we received with our wine making supplies, from our supplier, and the other was from the...
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    Plum wine tastes like medicine

    We racked our plum out of secondary today and of course indulged in a little taste. All I can say is BLECH. Pretty much tastes like the medicine my mom used to force feed me as a child! So anyway, does anyone have any tips on how to improve the flavor? Maybe a f-pack? It also is very dry, so I'm...
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    Clearing & Stabilization of Late Harvest Riesling

    Great advice Robie! It will be sitting for 3 more weeks in the carboy and then if it is still cloudy, we'll definitely let it sit longer. One question, I've been reading a lot about "bottle shock". So is it true, that once bottled, we should wait a month to drink as the taste may have changed...
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    Clearing & Stabilization of Late Harvest Riesling

    So last night, the hubby and I did our 3rd racking and are now in the "clearing and stabilization" part of our Late Harvest Riesling (Cellar Craft wine kit). We did as all of the veterans of this forum suggested and tasted a bit of the wine. ;) I was AMAZINGLY surprised to see how clear it...
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    Did we screw up?

    Thank you all for your replies and I apologize for the lack of info I gave! We made 5 gallons of plum must from fresh, ripe wild plums - using a recipe supplied by our wine accessory supply store. Actually, after we did the recipe, it ended up being about 6 gallons. However, after the initial...
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    Did we screw up?

    Okay, so everything that came with our wine making kit, as well as some online research we did all said to top up with water *as needed*... Soooo, we racked our plum from primary to secondary and fell short, so we topped up with water. Well NOW I'm reading all over this forum to NEVER top up...
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