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Are there any mail-in wine competitions coming up?

My F-pac not mixing well on CC Cab Franc Ice Wine Kit, when I racked it today I noticed a thick clear syrup at the bottom of the carboy. Is there a way to fix this?

While racking my wine today, I noticed a bunch of crystals at the bottom of the carboy, mixed in with the sediment. What are those, and is that good or bad?

Eclipse Merlot with Grape Skins vs. Meglioli Rojo Grande with AllGrape Pack Which do you think is would be better? Or is better if you'd tried both.

How long does K-meta last? I have some that's over a year old. When I shake and smell the bottle I can smell the sulphur but its not very strong. Can this still be used for stabilizing? (I have some more on order)

Has anyone tried any of the above kits? I'm starting a Nebbiolo and one other Meglioli.

Has anyone tried? The Cellar Craft Cab Frac Ice Wine kit? If so how was it? I've done a Wine Experts Vidal Ice Wine kit which was good, but had too strong of apple taste.

Do your MM reds taste too oaky? Mine sure do, has anyone else noticed the same? I'm considering only using half the oak chips in my next batch.

When making wine in a barrel, do you need an additional barrel for racking?

Are there any advantages/disadvantages to using StarSan over K-meta for a sanitizing solution? TIA

What is the best way to lower ABV without losing body? I know I can add water in the beginning or at the end, but then I'd be losing body. TIA

What does Marzemino taste like? MM has a new kit for this out. Is it similar to Barolo or Amarone? TIA :se

Does this blend sound good? 60% Amarone 40% Barolo?

Fortifying with brandy (80 proof) vs. everclear (190 proof), what are the pros and cons? Other than you'd have to use less than half of everclear to raise it the same amount of alcohol.

For those of you that have made CRP: What is the approximate final alcohol percent of the wine expert choc rasp port? Its hard to tell since you add the chapalization pack.

On one of my carboys the wine was touching the bunch for about a week, think it happened when I was topping off an air lock. Did this ruin the batch , or is it OK still?

How do you clean your wine filter? I filtered my first wine, but what do you do to clean the filter? Thx

3-piece airlock, slowly leaking, any ideas? On one of my airlocks, its slowly leaking k-meta solution, every week or so, its lost half its liquid and I have to fill it back up to the line. Does anyone else have this problem? Any ideas? Will this affect the wine?

Still bubbling but SG hasn't changed in 3 days, is it done? Riesling, MM all juice kit. Transferred to secondary at 1.030 Starting SG: 1.080 Current SG: .999 Should I let this stay in secondary longer?

Adding Beer Priming sugar (which is just fine corn sugar, used to carbonate the beer) to wine, will it work to make sparkling wine?