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I made a wine expert Borolo kit about 9 months ago. I tasted it at 3 months, again at 6 months and now at 9 months. This was my first kit, I was very careful about the SG readings and following the steps very carefully.. The wine has a fruity taste, but it really doesn't taste like wine. More...

Hello All, I am leaving for vacation on July 5th. At that time I should have my port transferred into the secondary and completed the stablising and cleaing steps that I need to do. It is suppose to sit in the carboy for 14 days but I will be on vacation. Is it okay for the wine to sit for...

Well I just purchased a port from Wine Expert. This is only my third kit, but I was wondering how you canmake a port and have it taste good after only 3-6 months? I was under the impression that ports spend years in the barrell. What is it that Wine Expert does to the juice to make this happen?

Okay so I made my 2nd kit, this time a Pinot. As with my list kit the Borolo, I didn't get any foaming or aggressive bubbling with my primary fermentation. There was action, a lot of fizzing and later hissing or buzzing, but no foam. I took a taste of the first kit when I bottled it and it...

Just started our second batch of wine after bottling the Borolo. Has anyone made the Pinot before?

Well, my wife and I are about to bottle our first batch of wine. We have 2 1/2 cases of bottles that we have saved. Last night we decided to sit down and start removing the labels. OMG what a pain. We tried soaking them in Hot water with a couple of drops of liquid soap. One label came right off...

I am in the middle of step 3. I have transferred the wine from the primary to the seconday. I let it sit for 10 days. I added all of the items in step 3 and used the drill to degass and topped the wine off but only to the 6 gallon point on the carboy. It has been sitting in the carbouy for 7 of...

I am confused about sanitizing. <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><O:P></O:P> In my first wine kit I used B-Brite as cleanser. I used 1 tablespoon to 1 gallon of water. The problem is I didn’t rinse it off. I then used 14 Campden tablets to ½ gallon of...

So after 6 days in the primary the Hydrometer reading was suppose to be below 1.010. The reading was .994. After cleaning and santatizing we racked to the carboy. Do I have to keep the carboy at 75 degrees for the secondary? The kit said the starting gravity wassuppose to be 1.070 -...

I should be ready bythis Sat to transfer from my primary fermenter to the glass carboy. My bucket does not have a spigot so I will have to siphon over using the cane. My question is how far do I stick that cane down into the bucket? I don't want any sediment right? Thanks to all of you for...

Being my first batch of wine making I am not sure about anything soI am very greatful for this forumn. As my first kit (Christmas gift) I made a Wine Expert Barolo. I pitched the yeast on Sat night around 10PM. Yesterday there was foam on the top and the wine smelled wonderful. This morning the...

Thanks all for your reponse to my last posting. I pitched the yeast 10pm last night. My question is do you stir or not stir on a daily basis while the wine is fermenting.

Hello all, Today was my first wine making experience. I tried to follow Georges video for the wine expert kit. To clean my equipment I used b-brite. I clean everything with a brush, but I did not rinse. I thensanitized the equipment by crushing 14campden tablets into 1/2 gallon of water. I am...