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Which winemaking company sells those styrafoam inserts in a box that you can ship a bottle or two to wine competitions in? WVMJ

We use the suction vacuum hoses for racking, bottling, anytime you need to hook up a hose to a tubing or adapter. Its much easier than having a racking cane with a dedicated hose permantly stuck to the cane. They come in different sizes, width, lengths, some companies sell them in bulk so...

Our local orchard is done selling this weekend, got a few bushels of Winesap and Goldrushes. The Winesaps have an almost peach/apricot aromas while eating them. The Goldrush acids are already starting to drop a little. I think we are going to let these guys rest in the basement a while, maybe a...

Scott Labs 2015-2016 Cider Guide was in the mailbox today, such a great guide for making cider. WVMJ

Characterization of Polyphenol Composition of 20 cultivars of cider, processing and dessert apples grown in Virginia. Dept food science and technology, VPI. by Katerine A. Thompson-Witrick. From the abstract it looks like they examined a lot of different apples for the tannins etc. Published in...

Scion exchanges anyone for fruit trees? Its getting about that time to cut scion wood for grafting this spring. Grafting is so easy that anyone who can butter toast should get at least 74% sucess rate. I think it especially fun to graft from wild trees, completely unique one of a kind tree found...

So when using the yeast from a previous batch for a new one it seems most people just make the must as normal on top of the yeast, but is that the best way to do it? The yeast have already gone through their vegetative phase previously in the first batch to reproduce. They then went thru...

So we planted some Choke Cherries a couple years ago and now some are loaded and already turning red. Since they are so sour how do you tell if they are ripe enough to pick, especially since I have never tasted one yet. Best options for juicing? Freeze then steam juice? Or ferment whole after...

I have heard ramping up from doing 5 gallon batches in your basement to doing a 500 gallon batch is not just adding 100 times everything. What are the considerations going from a small batch to a bigger one say in a big stainless steel fermentor? WVMJ

The Herb Society put out an article on elderberries for general interest. WVMJ http://www.herbsociety.org/herbs/documents/TheHerbSocietyofAmericasEssentialGuidetoElderberryFinal_reducedsize.pdf#page=39

I do have one firm rule, always make the wifes/spouses/sig other/ favorite wine first, and a big carboy full of it that she can see sitting right up front. This focuses her attention on her favorite wine and she doesnt seem to want to count all your other carboys behind it. If she is in a...

There have been many good threads on helping newbies to winemaking. There is one small thing any newbie can do to speak a common language with other winemakers and make it easier for everyone to determine if things are going good and our newbie is doing everything correctly or if our newbie is...

I bent the flywheel of my Pillan N1 grape crusher, have pounded on it for a while and it is never going to work again. Anyone know who sells parts for this crusher? WVMJ

I have a new press with a wooden basket. Does it need to be treated with a food grade varnish or do most people just use their wood presses all natural? WVMJ

What is the best way to take pictures of wine, especially deep red wines? I have tried just taking pictures of it in a bottle but its just a dark bottle of something. Has anyone figured out a way to light up a bottle just right to get a good picture? Or how about in a big wine glass, what is the...

Dont be picking any berries next to the road from now on, not just elderberries but all of them could have all this junk on them. CC www.uwm.edu.pl/jelementol/index.1712012.pdf%23page%3D67&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm1Gsa4PAFuuF2nuliVSTlqr9TLBxQ&oi=scholaralrt EFFECT OF TRAFFIC POLLUTION ON CHEMICAL...

We have never been a fan of lightly fruit flavored meads, the weak fruit flavor does not do it for us so we like to push in as much fruit as possible, substitute honey for the sugar and backsweeten with honey so we know we can get the honey taste in there also, maybe equally beside the fruit...

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I am posting this here because most grape winemakers would consider this a country wine not a real grape wine. We added 13 cans of welches frozen concord grape concentrate and added warm water to 3 gallons, tossed in some oak, nutrients and pectinase and some EC-11118. Yes, our plan is to...

We are getting bigger racks and need to find a good home for 2 of our racks we got from Sams club, $50 each or OBO. Crackedcork # Seven scalloped shelves # Holds 168 wine bottles # NSF listed # Side retaining rods # 200lb capacity per shelf # Chrome-plated steel # Dimensions: 36" x...