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I haven't lost them, I'm looking for them. Up until yesterday Sunday 7-10, I made only Winexpert kits. I went to a different retailer, one closer to home and would you believe it, they offered tastings. The wife and I tasted a RJ Spagnols Temoraro??, It was great, I was shocked when they...

This morning the two batches of WE Italian Primitivo Kit I am making reached SG 1.010, so I decided to rack them into their respective carboys for secondary. Things were going well until I could not find the proper sized bung for the second vessel. I took a solid bung and inverted it and...

I have been aging the WE;SL Merlot in a carboy since 8-15-10. This Christmas one of my sons gave me a 5 gal. American Oak barrel for aging. The information with the barrel states that aging is increased by 8 to 10 times over normal aging. I racked the Merlot into the barrel(preped it first)...

Wednesday, May 12th, the wife and I are going to visit friends in the Sacramento CA area, actually, Elk Grove. The plan is to visit as many of the wineries in the Shenodoah Valley as possible. We did the same trip two years ago and sent back some great wine. (in PA, the vineyards cannot...

I started two new kits the first week of March. WE: Pino Gris and SL Merlot. I completed the first step: racking into a carboy, then stopped. I will not be able to start step #2 until this coming Friday (4-30). I have a plumbing issue in my basement that cannot be resolved until Friday...

I am processing two batches: Winexperts Pinot Gris and Stags Leap Merlot. I completed step #1 on both batches at the same time, Sunday 3-13-10. The Pinot is fermenting but not the Merlot. The only difference in the batches was the 120 gr of oak for the Merlot. I did stir it under, but some...