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I just wanted to share my newest wine creation. I followed Wades recipe for the white grape Niagara but my ingredients was somewhat different. Wades recipe was as follows 5.5 Gallons - Welch’s White Grape Juice 11 Tsps - Acid Blend 5 lbs - Sugar 3 tsp - Pectic Enzyme 6 tsp - Yeast Nutrient...

From my first wine kit it stated 30 days total to completion in which my wine was done 0.0996 in one week. I made one batch with welches grape juice and have another going right now and the results are comparing the same or close, it is only taking under 2 weeks to totally ferment out. Since it...

I started a new batch of wine 4 days ago. I used the recipe I found on here using 5.5 gallons of pure wleches white grape juice, I followed the recipe and its got a strong smell to it right now. Its in a plastic fermenting right now with bung and its not horrible but its enough that when I come...

My 2nd , recent batch of wine I started with ... 4 96 oz bottles of pure welches white grape juice, water to get 5 gallons. I added sugar untill I got a starting SG of 1100. I added appropriate yeast nutrient. fermentation went good. according to math and from drinking a little one thing I did...

I am on making my 2nd batch of wine now and I never though much about it at first when I started this hobby but I got me some ph strips for testing. These strips have a PH range of 1-14, what I am unsure about is what am I looking for for a good ph level ? There not really any standard I find...

I im curious bentonite is labeled a clarifying agent. Now I did this with the 1st wine kit I used but I am wondering why would I add a clarifying agent on day 1 before fermentation even begins ? My current batch is a self recipe experiment I am using welches white grape and the fermenting seems...

The first time I made wine I used a kit I purchased but wasn't really all too satisfied with it. I guess it was alcohol is all I can say. I've been thinking now Id like to try to make a recipe from scratch, also keeping costs down too. Just for experimental purposes to see what it would turn out...

Hello, I am trying to make my first batch of wine. It is a fruit wine Red Zinfandel. The instructions said upon my first reading my SG should been between 1.055-1.065, mine was 1.056. Temp states around 77 deg. is best mine has been 79 or 80. Instructions say after 5 days take gravity test, if...