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    Bad wine or process?

    I made a Australian Chardonnay wine kit and I believe something is wrong with the wine about 7 months after start. I make many wine kits, have a cellar of 400+ home-made bottles, and sanitize accordingly. This is what I did: Started fermenting wine: 4/9/12 After following the instructions I...
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    Racking with a Primary Fermenter Bucket

    So I'm kind of stuck. I have 4 carboys and all of them are filled with wine. I do have an empty primary fermenter bucket. One of my wines (WE apple Riesling) will be ready to bottle tomorrow, however I really don't like bottling wines according to the kit instructions (I prefer if the wine sits...
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    Vino Italiano Riesling

    A while back I purchased a Vino Italiano Riesling. I followed the instructions perfectly, however 7 or so days after bottling these floating things appeared. Does anyone know what this is? Now 3 months later the wine is bad/vinegarish - I ended up dumping my last 6 bottles. Is there...
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    Wine lifetime

    Does anyone know the lifetime of the WE island mists, in particular Island Mist Peach Apricot Chardonnay? How about RJ Spagnols Orchard Breezin' Seville Orange? Thanks, Tim
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    Cork Storage

    Recently I purchased 1000 twin disc corks. As a casual wine maker, I intend to utilize these corks over the next few years. The corks came in a 1000 pack, so I need to split them up into smaller packs of 100 or so when I make my wine. Is there a recommended method for storage of these corks...
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    Super Vinpro Transfer Pump with prefilter and hose

    Anyone have any opinion about the "Super Vinpro Transfer Pump with prefilter and hose" found at http://www.homebrewit.com/wine-beer-filters.php ?
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    bung pop

    I'm trying to age my Cabernet Sauvignon in my 6 gal carboy and I noticed that the solid bung popped off yesterday. Then as I was writing this post it popped off again! I did push the bung in with a little pressure and I'm pretty sure the wine isn't fermenting... could I have pushed it in too...
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    Corking Question

    So I corked my first batch Saturday 8/6/11, however I wasn't paying too much attention while corking and today I realized that the 1.5 inch corks are sticking out about .5 inches (I forgot to adjust my Portuguese floor corker). I was diligent enough to have a space of no more then 1 inch between...
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