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We're at it again! Ante up, everyone! Get you a "Mist Wine" kit and join the fun! Island Mist, Orchard Breezin, Corucopia, etc. If you are uncertain if your chosen kit qualifies, just ask. Some kind of tweak is required. Be creative. My wife, Johnna, has been drinking my tweaked mist wine...

I want to apologize ahead of time for my distraction. I have an addictive personality, so I tend to get obsessed with things that interest me. For the past three years, my obsession of choice has been wine making. But with the decision to hike the Appalachian Trail next year, I'm getting...

I am a career firefighter. I've been doing this for the past 27 years. I spent the first 16 years as a firefighter/paramedic, doing everything from catching new born babies to picking up body parts. The past eleven years, I've been an engine driver, rolling around in the biggest truck in town...

Ok, we're up and running! :D This competition will be for home made port or port style wines (no kits). Send in your best (if you like) and we'll see how we all stack up. The one condition to entry is the winners (1st and 2nd place) agree to share their recipe with us all. I...

We are at it again! Join if you dare! The "reward" (or punishment?) for placing (1st or 2nd) in this contest will be to judge our next competition. That means some free wine! Here are the comprehensive rules: 1) Use Dragon Blood Recipe as your base; 2) Must contain at least 2oz per gallon of...

I thought I would post this in the port wine/recipe section to better attract the interest of port makers/drinker. Who would be interested in participating in a friendly port wine conest similar to the other Unofficial WMT contests we have had. I know this would only appeal to a...

DRAGON PORT (DRAGON BLOOD, TRIPLE BERRY, PORT STYLE WINE): 3 gallons My goal here was to make a port style wine while adhering to the original Dragon Blood recipe as closely as possible. *In preparation for this recipe, I placed 1/2 pound of dried blueberries into a half-gallon jug and...

Since you wonderful folks have known me for a few years now, I guess this is as good a place as any to zent. So, here it goes. After three plus years of being unable to work due to her back problems, my wife is finally getting her hearing with social security next week. After being rejected...

I was checking---because I really enjoyed the Chilean juice buckets I got last year---and Luva Bella has their order forms up for this April's juice season! Link: http://www.luvabella.com/juice_order_forms.shtml Order form attached: below Are we having a gathering this year? It was great...

Ok, I'm experimenting with this as a port. If it works out right, I'll post it to the recipe section. Here's what I'm doing to try and make a port style wine using a modified form of the Dragon Blood Recipe. I wanted to keep as true to the DB recipe as possible, while producing a full-bodied...

Since I currently have both on hand, I am making a side by side comparison of not only their clearing effects, but also their impact on the wine's color, flavor, and feel. I have two batches of Dragon Blood going (in primary) on which I will be testing these additives. These two batches were...

Ok, everyone! We're at it again! Announcing the advent of our next fun and furious home wine making contest! This contest will be based on Mike's (Kraffty) suggestion requiring 80% Welch's juice (whole or mixed concetrate) to be used as the basis for your must. That means, if you are making...

DangerDave’s Dragon Blood Wine My name is David C. Land (dangerdave). I am a firefighter from southern Ohio who started making wine in August 2011. Like most of you, I began slowly, but was soon bitten by the wine bug and started making many kits in my spare time. After gaining this valuable...

Wow! Look at me! Making port! I was tooling around Columbus today after my wife's doctor appointment---and an awesome gyro at Loops! We ended up at a wine supply store we had visited before, where I tripped over a WE Chocoloate Orange Port Kit. The wife grabbed a Washington Moscato (she loves...

I have a case minus one (11) of these bottles below. They came with some old wine making equipment I bought this week, and appear to be from the 1980's. I can't use them, as the labels appear to be glazed or painted onto the bottles, and are not removeable. They are very cool, and would be a...

We have dabbled a little with the Unofficial Strawberry Coastal White Contest---and it's been fun even before the judging has started---but what about a REAL WMT Wine Making Competetion? We have so many members who make excellent wines. What would it take to organize and execute a contest...

After two years, to celebrate the anniversary of the first batch, I have decided to upgrade my Dragon Blood label. The original (my avatar) seems so "old school", now. Please give your constructive (or destructive) criticism of the ones below. Choose your favorate... #1 #2 #3 #4 #5...

Cellarmasters of LA announce their 40th Annual U.S. Amateur Winemaking Competition. http://cellarmastersla.org/us-amateur-wine-competition/ This was the first competition I ever entered, so I'm going to make it a tradition for me. They are in for a treat this year! :br

This past spring, when the BOGO sale on the Wine Expert Vintners Reserve Coastal White (White Burgundy Style) Wine Kit was posted, I bought four. The first one went to my soon-to-be award winning Strawberry Coastal White (dubbed "Fat Flamingo"). Four weeks to shipping time folks! Get those...

This was a great stcky thread on another forum I used to frequent. Tell us about any of your interesting ancestors... I'll go first... My great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Col. Joseph Alexander Land, was born June 27th, 1716 in Newcastle, Delaware. He married Sarah Anne Moore in...