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I have 26 gallons of Cab Sauv that I just did some chromotography on and 3 out of my 5 carboys still have considerable malic. It really isn't tasting very good right now either so I need to get MLF going. I started with 26 brix and high acid and I had put too much sulfites when I crushed...

Last Spring I bought the small fruit press from Amazon when they went on sale for less than $100 for a couple weeks. I have used it 4 times so far and have been very happy with my purchase and the bargain I got it at. I have pressed cherries and blueberries last summer and just finished 600...

I rounded up the kids one afternoon and took them to the u-pick blueberry farm last August. I got enough berries for a couple Saturdays of blueberry pancakes with blueberry syrup for the boys....and just over a gallon of blueberry wine for me. I got kind of busy with school starting and...

/I traded a bottle of my 2008 Pinot for a box of 6 double magnums. She also gave me a bunch of large corks but they are all too big for the bottles. I tried out one of the bottles with my 2009 Merlot. I got a tapered cork that I was able to hammer in with a rubber mallet and I thought...

What do I do now? I just crushed yesterday and during all the confusion of our wine club group crush, I made a mistake in my math for adding sulfites. I have about 50 gallons of cab sauv must and I ended up adding about 7 teaspoons of potassium metabisulfite. I should have used only about 2.5...

I bought a small fruit press on Amazon for about $100 last spring. They were really cheap for a few weeks and I still not sure why I got such a steal. The press will be a great help next fall when I press the grapes and I don't have to borrow one from the wine club. But I also planned...

I followed the directions perfectly and used an Apricot slurry as my starter. I started at 1.070 a week ago and it got down to 1.050 yesterday so I added some more nutrient and energizer and the last bottle of lemon juice. Fermentation looked like it was stuck. No bubbles or fizz at all and I...

A lot of recipes call for simmering or boiling the water with the fruit to get out the juices. I have made a lot of different fruit wines and I almost never do this. I let the fruit sit with the sugar and the water for a day and then I usually squish it with my monster potato masher. After 1...

I made some Chenin Blanc a couple of years ago and the grapes were picked too late. They were way too acidic and I tried a lot of stuff but I was never able to get it to taste the way I want. But I think it might make a good vinegar. I got some Mother of Vinegar for white wine and last night...

I have been making beer for several years but my wife and I just started making wine about 3 years ago. We made a few wine kits but we wanted more control of what kind of juice we were getting. So, 2 years ago we bought some pinot noir and chenin blanc grapes. The Pinot turned out OK but the...