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After 3 years of winemaking, I decided to enter some of my favorites in the American Wine Society's Pittsburgh Conference, Amateur Wine Making Competition. I received a: silver medal for a 2011 Carmenere bronze medal for a 2011 Merlot (my very first wine)...

A man received an e-mail from his neighbor: "Sorry Jim, but I have been using your wife... day and night whenever you’re not at home. In fact, probably more than you. I’m confessing now because I feel really guilty. I hope you will accept my sincerest apologies. I will ask your...

Okay, I haven't been around for a while. What's the latest on grape skins? A couple of years ago you were able to buy them---and then you couldn't. Are there any places that sell the skins by themselves?

Is it true that wine diamonds will go back into suspension after the wine warms up? At what temperature (approx.)? Thanks!

Hello everybody! My name is Mike (aka Flem). I live in western PA not too far from Pittsburgh. Most of you don't know me, but many of you do (some personally). I used to be pretty active on the forum, but I kind of got away from it for a variety of reasons. None of them because of this...

Church Fart This says it all about getting older & the whole aging thing. A elderly couple, Lucy & John, were recently attending church services. About halfway through the service, Lucy took a pen and paper out of her purse, and wrote a note and handed it to John . The note said:" I just...

Happy Birthday, SouthernChemist!! Hope you have a great one! :b

Happy Birthday, Ken. I hope you have a great one!

I have a question about oak measurement be it chips or cubes. When someone or a kit manufacturer says to add 3 ounces of oak, do they mean by weight or volume? I purchased an 8 ounce package of French oak chips. Thinking I would have enough for a couple of 6 gallon juice buckets with a little...

April Fools!!! ;)

Happy Birthday! Hope you have a great one. :hb

Haven't heard from you in a while. Hope you're having a great birthday.

I see all of the major kit manufacturers have been moved under one topic called "Kit Winemaking". I understand the consolidation but it makes it more difficult to find a particular thread. No problem though. It's just an "Old dog---New tricks" thing.

40 members online right now. Usually not that high.

:u Congratulations Arne! I see you just made your 1000th post. :pic :hug

I just started the En Primeur Australian Chardonnay. With 18L of juice, oak chips and an oak "teabag", I have great hopes for this guy!

How often do you calibrate your pH meter? How do you know if it needs calibrating? :a1

Happy Birthday, my friend. I hope you have a great one. :hb

Cogratulations, Julie, on having 4000 posts. You're definitely a credit to the forum. Keep up the good work!! I saw it on another thread, but you deserve your own thread!! :try :br

I have the Buon Vino Automatic Gravity bottle filler. After only a few batches, it started falling apart on me. A small bearing fell off/out of it and it never did shut off automatically. Anyway, I'm thinking of upgrading to either of these two: Enolmatic Electric Bottle Filler or Buon...