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Hi Folks, the secondary is almost done with MLF and wanted to get going with Barrel soon. Besides prepping the barrel do I need to degass the wine or splash rack it into the barrel?

Ok wanted to see what all this is about doing the juice buckets. I am making red wine from grapes but my buddy that was helping wanted some variety so he picked up 1 bucket of Chianti and another Riesling. The brand on the 6gal bucket says Collina Del Sole "Fresh California Must". I let...

Hi Folks, trying to restart the hobby after my dad passed on over a year ago. Whew boy I didn't realize how much prep and cleaning goes into this. Well this Wednesday and Thursday I purchased 18 lugs of Cab Sauv, 5 Merlot, 3 Malbec for this years wine. Crushed all the grapes on Thursday...

So how many lugs fit into a 150 gallon fermentation bin? Sorry when I used to make the wine with dad I never really counted. Now will be making the wine on my own and don't know how many cases of lugs fit in there. I see estimations for lugs to gallons of wine but not sure on how much would...

Cleaning up my dad's old wine cellar. Found 4 barrels, 3 - 30 gallon and 1 15 gallon. 2 of the 30 gallons on the left are only good for planters at this point. The 2 on the right are in better shape but they need a lot of help. I looked inside and they are funky with mold growing in them...

Anyone hear of this type of crusher? Twin cylindrical crushers rotating. Never seen this type. On the handle it says "Savoy Press Mfg. Phila. PA." Just wondering if I should clean it up and utilize or junk it.

Ok I am new to wine making on my own. I used to help dad make his wine. Now that he has passed I wanted to try it on my own this season. I am still torn by using the old methods or the new ones I am reading up on. Racking. I have been reading a ton here and online and see that it can get...

Hi my name is George. I have been away from winemaking for 5 years now or last time my Dad and friends made their wine. My dad passed on with cancer about a year and a half ago. I am interested in restarting the tradition once again. I have a pretty good memory on how to make it and still...