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So i tried to find a good answer for this question and found some interesting ideas but im wondering what everyone uses. I've only made wine kits so far and i've noticed that there is a lot of headspace in the carboys. Im using the 6 gallon glass ones. In the past i have topped off with a like...

It's been a long time since i've made a kit wine after i got carried away two years ago making six kits in rapid succession. Needless to say it took me a while to get through the wine!! Anyhow i am making a Selection Original Series Riesling, and when i took the SG before adding yeast i noticed...

just started my first VR Piesporter a week ago and its the first kit that i have made that calls for the addition of elderflowers to the primary fermentation. I noticed that when i went to rack into my carboy for the secondary that the flowers had all stayed on top of the mix. Anyhow, when i...

Hi guys. Im looking to either purchase or build a table that will hold 3 carboys of wine. In the past i've carried the full carboys downstairs and let them settle for another week before bottling. What would you suggest as a good height for this table so that i can avoid moving my carboys...

just got done racking it into a secondary after 6 days in the primary at a SG level of approx 1.000. For some reason this kit, and the one before seemed to reach the low SG levels earlier than the directions said....guess its a good thing :) anyway, try as i might with siphoning every last...

So i have a VR Gewurztraminer that i have been letting age in a carboy for about a week now, and plan to bulk age until the end of the month before bottling. The sediment has nicely gathered at the bottom of the carboy, and per a suggestion i received i tilted the carboy. My question has to...

working with a VR Gewurztraminer kit.... checked on monday 5/16 and SG read 1.020, kit says to rack to carboy at the 1.010 mark. i had to leave town till this afternoon, figured i would rack then. the SG reading was .992. Did i wait too long to rack to carboy, and should i do something...

Should be a very basic question...but its my first time started the Gewurztraminer on 5/11/10 and have not racked to secondary yet...smells great though! my question was concerning bulk aging with these kits....recommended or follow instructions to the t? and if bulk aging, when do you...

been reading and some online sources suggest that after you rack the wine from the primary to the secondary to use a 5 gal carboy since you will lose some of the wine with the sediment and all, that this makes it so that you do not have the problem of adding wine or worse (water) to make up for...

i have been noticing a lot of people mentioning to stir the wine during the primary fermentation. And in addition to test for temp and SG levels. I guess my question is...does taking the lid of the bucket during primary fermenting and testing for this affect the wine in anyway...how often...

been browsing through the forums, and it seemed like i could really get some useful information by being a real member. So here goes :) just started on my first kit...a Vintners Reserve Gewurztraminer on 5/11 like it usually goes, i have learned much more AFTER i started than before, so it...