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I recently purchased the RJS BC Meritage kit. It includes 2 kinds of oak, elderberries, Wine skins , and a gauze sock. My questions are, Do I place all the dry ingredients into the sock or just the dried fruit? Do I sprinke the yeast on the must before or after putting the bag in? Thanks...

I recently received a bottle of Pink Grapefruit wine as a gift. I was wondering if there are any good food pairings for this, or should I just use it to dull the pain of a bad television night? Thanks

Is there much taste difference between white Grenache Blush and a Zinfandel Blush? I am ready to make another rose wine. I don't know whether to make the Heron Bay kit again or try the RJ Spagnols. Thanks

Bought a couple of kits the other day, a chardonnay that has one yeast packet, and a port kit that has two. I was wondering why some kits have more packets than others and is it possible to add too many packets? Thanks Doug.

I will be ready to bottle my first batch of red wine in the next 7-10 days. I have made batches of white and blush wines and filtered them before bottling to get the "polished" finish, and was wondering if there would be any noticeable advantage in filtering a red wine? Thanks Doug

I put a HB Bergamais Kit on to brew 3 days ago. I prepared the must according to directions. The initial SG was 1090. On day 2, I noticed there was not a not of fermentation going on. A bit of froth on the top. I stirred the must as per instructions and got bubbling in the airlock for about...

I am ready to bottle a HB Grenache Blush. When tasting, I find it kind of flat and boring, very little body and very dry. I added the sweet reserve as per instruction but I can hardly tell it is there. Any suggestions for improvement? Thanks.