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I wanted to get everyone's ideas about the advantages and disadvantages of using dry yeast versus liquid yeast. Does this at all improve the quality of the wine produced? I know that the main area for quality comes from the grapes. Second question.... Do more expensive kits generally...

Not sure if anyone has heard this yet. I'm now just listening to this... http://www.winemakingradio.com/

I'm not sure if this would be a good idea or not... but has anyone left a whole grape in the wine when bottling? Much like the worm in the Tequila bottle, but a grape. Would this give off flavor or would it hurt the wine when aged in the bottle?

Anyone close to VT? I wondered if anyone was interested in swapping a bottle of wine. I have a spare bottle of my first batch and would love an honest opinion. I think everyone I've given it out to just being too nice. :-) Let me know!

Not sure of how many others read this faithfully like myself. I know some have their own reasonings for not, but lately, I have seen some major quality out of their articles that help the average wine maker. This June-July '07 issue was great. It had a very long article about "Big Batch...

See in the June-July '07 mag (page 54). You can submit your wine labels to them. Read the rules.. no digital pics allowed. They want to see it printed. Deadline: Sept. 7th, 2007! ***Let me know if anyone wants me to scan the whole page for them.***

Anyone taken the step to bottle the lees and use it as cooking wine? I have not tried this, but wondered if someone has. Not sure this would be good to do, but heck... what else is cooking wine?!?

Here is a general list of wineries in the New England area... mostly Vermont. My wife and I make a habit to drive our Miata to a winery and have a glass to taste test... then of course buy too much, then drive to the next... This is more fun with a GPS unit and during fall with all the...

I'm looking for a self priming pump, if someone has one. If someone has one, can you post back and let me know how much you would charge for it?

I started my second batch ever. My first was a Cab Sav. This time I'm doing a Vintner Reserve Pinot Noir. I started it after my trip to Waterloo Canada. Since I'm finishing part of my basement (and it being cold 58) I moved it upstairs to my office closet. Temp upstairs is about 68 day/71...

All - In the Feb. - Mar. 2007, Vol. 10, No. 1 copy of WineMaker magazine, they promoted the 2007 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition! Deadlines for entries is March 30th. You need to submit two bottles of your wine with no label. All rules and regulations of this competition...

Anyone own/use a Carboy Drainer? This is a plastic base that holds up the carboy upside down and drains it dry. Any pros/cons of this? How about bottle drainers/bottle trees? I don't use this now, but are their any other methods of drying sanitized bottles other then a tree? I let mine...

Hi - Does anyone have any All-Stainless Steel Primary or Secondary Fermenters? I'm seeing this in a catalog for $499.90. Yes, this is pretty expensive, but they ARE nice! If only I won the lottery! :D Almost everyone I know has glass carboys. Anyone have plastic carobys? I've seen a...

A buddy of mine gave us a homemade bottle of red wine for our wedding gift. In fact my wedding photos are on his website. :-) He went to this place called "It's Your Winery". "They have you taste test a bunch of different wines and pick one you want. Then they get all the ingredients...

Does anyone use a Transfer Pump to move from one carboy to another? I found this on ebay, but want to know what people think. This doesn't say this is food grade, but I think it will work if I put enough sanitizer through it...

Has anyone ever tried to make wine using Welches grape juice and adding a pound of sugar with yeast? My neighbor does this and her wine is very heavy immediate flavor of Welches juice and then an alcohol taste. It isn't bad if you like fruity wine, but I just didn't know if anyone else has...

Does anyone know if they make a user friendly stopper (on/off) valve for tubing that will hold the siphon so you can easily and quickly stop/start during the bottling phase to have less spillage? Again, I did it the hard way with clear tubing from the supplier having the wife hold onto it while...

Since I just finished my first batch of my own wine (Cabernet Sauvignon), I used recycled bottles (sanitized of course) from our friends. I finally found a real easy method of taking off factory labels. Here is what I did: 1. I took a razor blade (you can buy these simple plastic handled...

Hi all, this is Eric from Essex Junction, Vermont. I've started making my own Vintners Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Kit in my basement. I bought a complete kit purchased in Winooski at Vermont Homebrew Supply. FYI, this is the only beer/wine brewery supply store in the state that I know...

Did anyone see the Modern Marvels show on the History channel last night (11/30). The show was all about wine. It covered the history of wine, all aspects of wine production over the years, newer technology of wine production, wine racks and featured many wineries like Bronco which produces a...