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Is there a port kit that would qualify as a Tawny Port?

Hello, I was wondering if wine yeast would benefit from a shot of oxygen at the start of fermentation? I realize that oxygen is BAD later in fermentation, but when brewing beer it's a good idea to give the wort a shot of oxygen to help the yeast with the initial reproduction cycle and to...

Got a new kit that contains grapes/skins as well as juice. Comes with a mesh bag for the fruit. I'm comfortable with the whole punching down proceedure, but I have two sanitation questions. 1) the mesh bag, simply soak it in kmeta? Or should I use something else. 2) the directions say...

My first Wine kit is in Secondary and I'm already thinking of what's next.... I went sort of cheap with a World Vineyards Zin/Shiraz to test the waters. So far so good. Anyhow, My local HB/Wine Maker store carries Wine Xperts kits. I've seen a few of you suggest that there are better...

Hello, Regular Beer brewer - so the basics of fermentation etc. are pretty clear to me, but newbie with the wine. I started my first kit wine (World Vineyards - Cali Zin/Shiraz) a few weeks ago, and then had to travel out of town for business. In the end the wine was in Primary for 17...