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Awesome!! Thanks a lot - I will try these ideas and let you know what happened:)

Well I would hate to lose it. I hate to say it Wade, but it is that EP Amarone you brag about.

I have a high quality kit that i have aged for about a year and i am sure it is getting oxidized. it has a slight brownish color and has that taste. i probably should have added sulfate more times. Can i salvage this wine? Thanks:m

I have an old antique press in good condition and I hav painted the cast iron catch pan, but am not sure of the best way to sanitize the wood. How important is sanitizing at this point of the process?

Peterock, You should get Charlie Papazian's book The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing and all of your questions will be answered. Good luck and have fun! (And don't worry:))

What age was it when you bottled it?

I will use the original yeast and cold stabilize. Thanks all, and Wade I got this kit because you praised it so much, I hope 2 years wait will be tolerable)

I got an ep amarone kit for christmas. Is the yeast that came with kit good enough?

Luc, Are there times when it is better to use some other method of extraction because of flavor? What do you think of the cooked flavor? Thanks Larry

Ok, so the most expensive wine I have tasted was $20 a bottle. What would you expect from a $100 wine? Just wondering, I might never find out for myself.:( Larry

I bought a steam juicer and tried it out on some grapes from the store and noticed the juice had a "cooked" flavor as opposed to a "fresh" flavor. Is this what you have noticed and does it change the flavor of wine? I crushed the grapes and steamed them for 45 min. Other question: Do you get...

Why make homemade beer, wine, sausage or anything else? It's fun and you can make some great stuff if you want to. I had some that was amazing:dg

I have been thinking about this statement and this makes me think I can't sanitize my spoon, hose etc with a rinse of kmet before use? If pour if over the spoon and it runs right off the vapors are not sanitizing it. Should I use a different sanitizer for small items? How long should...

I have an antique press with rusty steel catch pan and older basket. What do I have to do to prep it for pressing the grapes after primary ferm? Will the old wood contaminate? Thanks, Larry

Couldn't find one either way:(

Thanks grapeman, that answered my question:b Larry

Does that mean 150 lbs of crushed grapes would take up about 10 gallons of primary space?

Trying to decided what size primary to get for x lbs of grapes. eg: 75 or 150 or 200 lbs. Thanks, Larry

Have to go there today. Any good stores worth visiting? Larry

I think deboard said lbs per gallon. I bought a 25 lb plat for $9 at a local country store:)