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Hey Gang, Thanks for the advice. I'm 6 days into it and I am pretty sure I am getting a few tiny bubbles. They form a little ring in the neck. I'm not seeing actual bubbling of the wine, but definitely what looks like some fizzy bubbles. I'm curious about food for the MLF bacteria...

There is absolutely no action in terms of bubbles in mine, not even micro bubbles. I am having a hard time maintaining faith that anything is happening. To answer grapeman, no I didn't add sulfite as I assumed that would kill the MLF bacteria. So I'm concerned that my wines are sitting here...

So I am doing a couple batches of wine from Chilean grapes. Pinot Noir and Malbec. At about 3 brix, I pressed and continued fermentation to dryness in carboys. Racked off the lees and added the MLF bacteria. Temp is 73 degrees. There is no action after 3 days. No bubbles, nothing...

I use the oxyclean when I want to clean a bottle without meta (such as a cleaning a carboy that I am pressing still-fermenting red into). As for getting labels off, I just soak the bottles for a couple hours in a bucket and then use a razor scraper. They come right off easily. I have a 6...

Lookin good! Marquette is supposed to be the next big red varietal for cold climates. I planted a few rows in my yard last year. We'll see!

There was a great short article in Wine Spectator an issue or two ago where a company actually hired by the cork industry compared stelvin and cork closures and found that over 10 years, wines under stelvin caps held up better. There was a compelling picture comparing the color of white wines...

RC212 is an excellent yeast for pinot noir. It is in fact more often recommended for pinot noir than for Malbec. I'm using it for both Malbec and pinot noir.

I just got 7 boxes of Pinot noir and 7 boxes of Malbec from Beer & Wine Hobby in Woburn, MA. The pinot noir was in fantastic condition. I was amazed at the quality. (First time for me with Chilean grapes). Brix was 24 on the Pinot. The Malbec was a little disappointing. One box was very...

A vacuum pump is the easiest way!