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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...

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...

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...

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...

Anyone made this one? I have some friends that, believe it or not, are somewhat impressed with my wine making capabilities. They want to share the experience by making a "big red" together. This is one that I was thinking of anyway, and just wondering how it turned out. Thanks

I have two of the Cellar Craft/Vineco KenRidge showcase reds on order from George. I have the standard 7.9 gallon primary fermentors, and am wondering if I need a larger primary for these kits since they have the 2.6L "super pack". Just want to know if I have to get a bigger primary for these to...

Need a good merlot for the cellar. George has the RJS Winery Series Merlot currently on sale for $118 through tomorrow and wondering if anyone can recommend. Seems like a pretty good deal. Comments??

Ordered this from George yesterday - can't find reference to it on the forum and just wondering if anyone has any experience with this one. Thanks

Have the RJS Winery Super Tuscan and CC Red Mountain Cab in carboys for aging - well kind of - I leave them in carboy for about an additional 3 months before bottling. All of my previous kits have been WE's and they call for an additional 1/4tsp KMeta when placed in carboy prior to bottling if...

I'm really interested in seeing how to anticipate the effect of these additives to red kits. I would like to try to enhance the drinkability (i.e. reduced KT in younger wines) of mid range red kits. I am thinking of the 15 liter kits like WE Luna Rossa or the 10 liter kits like the RJS Vieux...

There is always a lot of dialog around how much and how long to add oak. I found this spreadsheet on the StaVin site and found it very interesting. I'm sure most of the more experienced folks have seen this, but thought it might come in very handy for bench trials and such. I have attached a...

Couldn't decide which kits to order, so went ahead and ordered 2 after reading so many great reviews. Ordered the CC Red Mountain Cab and the RJS Winery Super Tuscan from George this morning. I think I have enough stock to allow these to age at least a year before touching them. I plan on...

I was planning to serve a couple of my whites to friends last weekend, and put bottles into the fridge to chill. As is often the case, stuff happened and we never got together. Well, the wine is still in the fridge, and we won't be getting back together until next weekend. The wines are a...

Just bottled my first pee and thought I'd show it off! Made to Lon's recipe and sweetened with raspberry concentrate along with lemonade concentrate. Nice and tart.

Finally getting around to back sweetening my first batch of pee. Made strictly according to Lon's recipe to this point. I plan on starting the sweetening by adding a few cans of concentrate, and tasting after each can and then adding additional sugar if necessary. Since I've never...

Just took a peek at the WE website and see they are offering two new kits with grape skins: Italian Amarone and Brunello! Was this in the works, or have I just been in a cave the last few weeks?

Starting my first batch and don't have the tannin to add. Will this make a big difference and if so, can I add it later? Thanks