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Should add that before the last racking where the error occurred, my son and daughter, at our reunion, greeted the wine with wild excitement and wide eyes. Each expecting ten gallons. I will fool them: when I reach 100 it will all be gone...

My log shows no big error. Only thing I can figure is that, as an old man, I got confused and added it twice around!! -- you will understand some day -- and now it is twice too high. I titrated twice. I really don't know what So2 tastes or smells like but, as IB suggested, I will splash it...

Hi Guys... My 21 gallons of Merlot from 2011 is doing fine in five-gallon pet carboys. But my SO2 readings in all four are very high: 75-100. Is this ok, a disaster, fixable, needs repair somehow, etc. Many thanks... Bruce

Names... Thanks SLOweather... now I know and not what I had expected...

Can anyone tell me what the French word Pinot means (I assume it is a family name) and what Noir means. Thanks...

Vino Lobos Thanks guys... Here's to a great 2012 with my label from six years ago. (Not a success). Cheers, Bruce

Progress... Hi Guys... Wine looking fine and clearing so well I am not going to do any fining. After all, I am going to be the drinker if I live that long. Planning to bottle about this time next year. Meanwhile, it do taste gooood.. Should make about 110 bottles. I racked - second -...

Many of the winos that chat about wines in magazines & newspapers mention the fruit flavor of some wines. To me, all the fruit flavors I ever taste are those of grapes. What other flavors do they identify, cherry, almonds, plums, what?? Are these added artifically by the wineries? This...

Titrets... That is: "Any suggestions here from you experts..." I need to proof read these posts better. Cheers.

Without a lot of experience in testing, I ordered a set of titrets for testing free sulfite in wine. I have red wine to test. The box said that the titrets were for white wines only. The company handled my email well, offering a refund. But they also said that the titrets were a reliable SO2...

Clinitest... Thanks guys... I read somewhere that the clinitests are a good way to determine total dryness because the hydrometer is no longer accurate when there is alcohol dilution. I shall give a try anyhow... Skoal to the northland, Skoal

Every book on homemaker's wine refers to Clinitests as if it was a popular test for wine. There are only three in most drugstores; one for testing sugar in urine, one for testing sugar in blood and one for testing blood in urine. None for testing sugar in wine. Which should I use? Thanks...

Thanks guys.. SG is a hair less than 1... Finished! I have 35 gal pressed out and 10 gal of loose cake which is bearly moist. My biggest problem is that I really don't know wine and can't tell good wine from two buck chuck. I drink it every night for supper but I don't buy wine often...

Sound like a good suggestion. I'll do it if that won't kill all MLT attempts??

Picked, crushed and full de-stemed 360 lbs merlot, pH: 32, TA: 0.9, Brix: 23, cool. Added 50ppm sulfite, 3g Lallyzme, 1g DAP, 1oz Fermaid, 50g French Red. At first punch-down added Ft Rouge sacrificial tannin and Opti Red nutrient. Added warming blanket and temperature went to 85. It...

Calculations... Big mystery but the numbers were very accurate. My wife & I were most careful. Absolutely ALL the stems were taken out; again, my wife. The stems, wet, weighed 18 lbs and the containers 22 lbs. The must went to within 2" of the brim with 3 gal left over. The container is a...

Problem: Figures at crush time do not fie. We carefully weighed a gross 360 lbs of merlot grapes, including stems and containers, and a net of 320 lbs of must. Using 6.25 gallons of must per 100 lbs of grapes, we figured we would have 20 gallons of must. We got 35 gallons, 33 gallons in a...

Thanks Robie. Got it, finally...

I am learning! How do you go from 24.5 to 20? Where did the sugar go?

Sugar... Very interesting!! How could wine start with a 24 Brix and drop to 20. Where did the sugar go?