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Thanks! I've been around, just takin care of business! Brewing tamarillo wine at the moment, drinking grapefruit. Other than that, working, sleeping, working, sleeping.... it's been a cold winter here (for us) and we actually had snow in Hamilton!!! (never happens) that was about 3 weeks ago...

THANKS GUYS!!!! I drank plenty of my wine and managed to share with my friends too!!!!! I had a great day, Cheers!

I'm doin great! You're right it has been a while. I just seem to have been too busy to cruise around on here but I have continued to make wine!!! Tamarillo at the mo. It's winter here and things slow to ferment!! I had a house guest for a couple of months and he drank most of my supplies!! At...

next time try making a banana 'gravy' rather than adding the actual fruit. Works a treat. I use banana gravy in most of my brews!

Thanks everyone. Many still missing and the death toll is rising as more are found. I don't recall anyone on this site that came from there but most NZ'ers know someone down threre as we are a small country.

Another earthquake has hit Christchurch today at around midday and the central city is a disaster zone. 65 deaths so far and still more being pulled from the rubble. I cannot contact my friend and her family. There has been many after shocks since the september earthquake, none as high in...

Collette and I just bottled 23 litres of chocolate raspberry port. now we just have to drink it!!!! Such a problem....

while I swelter here at 30*c and 68% humidity.!! i believe that's about 86*F

No, but all of us nz members are in the north Island and we are safer here. The South has got it all this time. Practically all of NZ is on a faultline and there are many volcanos, so it's gonna hit us sometime, Boozey and I are in Hamilton (central North island) and St Allie is in Auckland (150...

Thanks for your thoughts. The September Earthquake in Christchurch was devastating with a lot of damage and still ongoing aftershocks. I have friends there and the aftershocks have caused more damage than the original. the West coast minig disaster was so tragic with 29 miners perishing...

Hi All! Anyone ever made tamarillo wine. I have just thawed 6 kg of pulp, added campden and I'm gonna wing it through the next stages. Any hints, recipies? Thanks from sunny tropical fabulous NZ !!!!!!!

Lime wine and before that the lemon. I've only been home from work for an hour!!! HELP!

I used fuyu. as I said they were very ripe and made a sweet dessert type wine. I think the more astringent ones may be only good when very ripe too so would also produce a sweet wine, i would try adding apple juice instead of the pears I used. It is a nice wine, worth trying!

Nashis are usually about the size of an apple, but those are the commercially grown ones, it's not unusual for a wild tree (of any sort) to produce smaller fruit When Nashi are ripe they are incredibly juicy

Looks like a Nashi to me ( japanese pear)

Thanks! I'll check it out

Checking in...... Skeeter Pee is YUMMM. Very successfully made with FRESH lemon juice YEAH!!! :try

Yep I have been described as wild in the past, but only in a good way!!! Hey Foody, use Allies recipie, it's basically the same as mine and it's divine! Good luck

Enjoying the sunshine after a run of rotten weather here in NZ. Bring it on!!!!

Hi Kasey, I'm a chef here in NZ and it certainly helps with the wine making, if only to come up with new and interesting combinations of flavours. I'm lucky enough to only rarely need to purchase fresh fruit for my wine. usually someone around the neighbourhood is growing something and once...