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I have a (banana wine) recipe that calls for grape tannin. My local supply store only had "wine tannin" (LD Carlson). It prescribes the same dosage per gallon. Are the two the same - or near enough - that wine tannin can be used instead of grape tannin?

Howdy, I'm making a 5 gallon batch of Jack Keller's banana wine 2 (my first fruit wine) and have a couple of questions: -- Should I use staggered nutrient additions (as with my meads)? See comparatively little mention of it. -- Yeast. Planning on using Lalvin 71b. In the mead world, it's...