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A man asked a waiter to take a bottle of Merlot to an unusually attractive woman sitting alone at a table in a cozy little restaurant. So the waiter took the Merlot to the woman and said, 'This is from the gentleman who is seated overthere,' and indicated the sender with a nod of his head...

I'm wondering if there is a shelf life to K-met/Vit. C packs that come with most wine kits? Reason is, I opened a pack for my wine and the crystals were yellow not the usual white. When mix with 1/4 cup of water, showed a tinge of yellow also. The pack was a few years (4-5) old but I used it...

I have a Costco double pak, Merlot/Cab Sav. I've just bottled the same kits I started 2 months ago and the results at the corker are pretty good, considering. For the paks "on deck", I am thinking of adding some fresh fruit syrup to the primary to see if I can change the complexion a little...

OK, I have this kit that has the crushed grape skin pack and the directions calls squeezing out the pack b4 removing it. My plan is to just use my hands to squeeze the grape pack. Question is, can I safely use the sodium methasulphite solution to sanitize my hands before doing so?

By accident, a cap from the bag the wine kit came from found its way to the drain of my large laundry room sink (you know, the big cheap plastic hardware sink). Thing fit perfectly as a drain stopper and works better too.

You buy commercial wine according to how easily the label comes off.

I just started a CC Lodi Old Vine 5 week Zinfandel with the crushed grape pack. The person who I dealt with said that when you do your 1st racking, pull out the sock with the crushed grapes and start another low end kit with the pack that came out of the 5 wk. kit. Seems to be a good idea...

I've made a few batches of wine from water we get from a nearby spring. It has been tested to have a high calcium content or better known as being very hard. It was shown to have 38 grains and when mixed with the pink chlorine cleaning will actually precipitate out. Question is, does...

Firstly, I just discovered this site and I'm very impressed with the knowledge that is passed on, thanks. I enjoy the humor as well. That said, I was wondering if it makes much difference if using just 1 heat belt between 2 active primaries makes any diff. I'm more concern with the...