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I am planning to buy 3 types of California juice this fall and have a question about different brands. I can buy Luva Bella juice locally from Gentile, or would make the trip to Presque Isle for juice there. I purchased Chilean from Gentile this past spring and know that it is already...

Steve, How did you add the raisins to secondary - loose or in a bag? I picked up a pound of dried zante currents at Whole Foods and am thinking of adding them to the Carmenere juice. Going into secondary, did you just add them free to the carboy? Thanks

Steve, Julie, Phil - thanks for the suggestions. I think I will split the batch and add raisons in secondary to one for comparison. What tannin do you recommend? I see that FVW has Tan Rich, stated as a replacement for Tan Cor Grand Cru, would this be the right one to try? Thanks again

Picked up my first bucket this weekend at Gentile's in North Royalton after seeing them mentioned on the forum. Vince is very helpful and seems to have a good inventory available. I picked up one Bello Chilean Carmenere as my first attempt. I don't have plans to add grapes to the must, but was...

OK, I finally opened this guy last night, and I realized I owe my notes on this one, so here goes: I’ll start by saying that one of my favorite bargain Northern Rhone Blends is the “M. Chapoutier Cotes du Rhone Belleruche”. This is usually readily available at several grocery and wine...

Sorry, but some personal issues have kept me away from wine related things over the past couple of months. But regarding the WS Grenache Syrah, I haven't given it a real taste yet. It is currently just under 10 months (I calculate age from stabilization date). I generally don't do a proper...

I recently sent a question to WE regarding this topic. I am currently making a port kit that was given to me and was dated 2006. The juice was slightly oxidized but I think it will work for a port. I fermented it with about 8 lbs. of fresh cherries, and the result is. so far, very nice - nice...

Hey everyone (anyone?) a friend of a friend gave me an old WE port kit to play with. The date code indicates it is from 2007 and the kit is unopened. Assuming the juice is still ok I would really like to try to make this into a flavored port - I'm thinking cherry. So my question is, what would...

Bought and received a Seville Orange Sangria kit last month. With other things on deck, and life not cooperating, I haven't gotten it going yet. So my question - will it be OK stored in a cool place until next year. I usually try to make one of these in Feb. / March. I have found that...

Tony T's Super Tuscan Blend Tony was kind enough to send me a taste of his Super Tuscan/Valpolicella blend that was discussed on the forum earlier this month. What a great wine! Have to say that both my wife and I were very impressed. I have read that adding some glycerin and a touch of...

Tony, couple of quick kit blending questions: Do you need to add additional sorbate to the blend due to backsweetening if you added the dose included with the kit per instructions, and how long after adding sugar and glycerin do you wait to bottle. Thanks

Thanks, hope you don't mind if I try the same blend - sounds yummy!

Tony this blend sounds very interesting, can you share the percentages used? Thanks

Great Product - Great Service I think I may have been one of the early adopters of Steve's product, as I bought my All in One at the end of 2011, and I have to say it is by far the best accessory that I have. Last week I was using it to bottle 12 gallons and it seemed the vacuum release...

Mine started at 1.098 I started this kit on 4/29 and had an initial SG of 1.090. This was after mixing the grape pack well into the juice. The next morning I mixed the must again (vigorously) and checked the SG - it at 1.098. I thought that this was pretty much right on, and it finished at...

Saw this and wondered if there would be anything worth adding to the cellar:) http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/05/inside-the-cellar-of-the-elysee-palace Heard flights to Paris are reasonble right now.

I am currently making a WS Australian Meritage with some friends and have a question about SO2. I don't have any equipment to test SO2 since I normally don't bulk age past 3 months. Here's the skinny: 3/2 - Started the kit at 1.102 3/10 - Racked to secondary at 1.000 3/30 - Stabilized and...

Need to make my first merlot for the cellar and looking for some suggestions on which one to make. I'm looking at either the CC Showcase Walla Walla Cab Merlot or the Yakima Merlot. On the other hand, George has the RJS Winery Series Merlot on sale this month :D I have the RJS WS Australian...

+1 on the Chateau du Pays - very nice at 12 months.

CC's Chateau du Pays does come with oak, but only 30g of dust for primary, which seems only to provide some tannin and balance to the mix. I have it at one year and it is really a nice blend. I am not a fan of big oak, and this one suits my taste very well. Mine came out to 14% abv, with plenty...