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Yes you should press and rack to a carboy. After 1 or 2 days rack off the gross lees. The gross lees can lead to H2S production. From this point you can add oak spirals, cubes, or chips. You can add Tannins if desired. MLF may be in your plans also. Suggest you read red wine making manual...

24.43 at Sams in Colorado Springs. Now thats a deal

Rubbermaid Brute is a very popular brand. You can buy a 32 gallon rubbermaid brute at Homdepot for 29.99. You can find them at janitorial supply stores. Lowes. Not hard to find

You can go to a restaurant supply company. You should have one locally. http://www.acemart.com/prod6402.html 20 gallon brute 22.98

Just bottled the Red Mountain kit tonight. I have never had a kit with so much gas. I used my drill and whip followed by a vacuum pump several times. It spent 6 months in the carboy so I was not expecting this. Pat

Does the F pack contain Sorbate ?

I am in Austin Texas and we had a meeting this weekend also. We try to have an educational section of the meeting. This week one member did a presentation on measuring residual sugar and another talked on recognizing and mitigating different Sulfur faults. Our meetings are hosted in a rotation...

Skunky or more sulfur like or rotten egg?

Jim, what is the kit(s) wine that you are most satisfied with?

I drove to San Antonio on Sunday night and bought 32 of them for Central Texas Wine Guild members. Thanks for the tip.

Since you have such a small amount. Go to Home Depot and buy a 5 gallon paint strainer bag. You can press them by hand in this bag over a bucket.

Thanks Appleman, I didn't know what to expect. Now that you confirmed it should be bitter at this stage I will continue with my bottling

I followed the instructions exactly so I added what ever the amount of oak they provided. I racked it 3 times and I filtered this final transfer.

I started an Amarone All Juice Masters on 12/30/08, followed the instructions, left it in the air-locked carboy until I decided to bottle today. It had a bitter after taste, is this what this wine taste like at this stage? 3 minutes after I tasted it the bitter is still in my mouth. The pH is 3.3

I just bottled the MM All Juice Pinot Noir this afternoon. I degassed it with an electric vacuum pump and filtered also. No gas and it is very clear. I drank almost a bottle in the process. It is very fruity and tasty, I don't know how long I can let it age. I need to leave it until our wine...

I went to the Specs Wine store and bought a 2003 Amarone " Terre Di Cariano" made by Cecilia Beretta winery. http://ceciliaberetta.it/indexEN.html It was $45 in Austin Tx. I am storing this in my cooler for 18 months when I will open it and the MM Masters All Juice Amarone. We will then compare.

Fill the space using glass marbles that can be used over and over. Much cheaper than commercial wine. Many threads on this in the forum, just do a search.

Wade, I just filled bottles from 3 carboys this week exactly as Appleman describes. It works great and is very fast. The one missing item in the description is an overflow bottle in the suction line between the pump and the Buon Vino Automatic Auto Bottle filler. This is a safety device that...

I hope this varietal is good. I have never even tasted an Amarone but on the recommendations of the forum I ordered an MM All Juice Masters and started it yesterday. Just put the raisins in this morning. It had a fine cap on it.

Water to Wine is one of them with 3 locations. When I drive by the others I will note the name.(Austin, Round Rock) http://www.water2wine.us/bottom-main.php?templateName=locations I will be at one of the others in a few weeks to help a friend bottle. He received a gift certificate from a...