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Its been 6 months or so since my last kit but this always happens to me when my wine is finished. I do not have time to immediately bottle my wine before I get into drinking it. Will I do damage to my wine if I steal a bottle or two from the carboy? My concern is leaving air space in the carboy...

I just did a 4 week kit. I haven't done one in a while and I didn't degas all the way. I didn't notice until now that it is done and there is a little fizz on the tongue. Is there anything I can do to release the gas now? I have low temps in my wine making area 60-65F, which may have been...

Has anyone else noticed that in the past two years the Argentia Ridge Chateau double wine kits have changed their corks? I had an issue a couple of years ago with wine leaking through the corks from these kits. I just made another kit from that brand and I noticed their corks have changed...

I am transferring my 23L batch of red wine into the carboy from the bucket(after 7 days of primary fermentation) now that the specific gravity is .998. I am transferring into a Better Bottle that is 22.7L. Is it okay that there will be no air space (other than whats in the neck) in the...

I had a carboy with stress lines from lifting it with the handles. I used it for a while after the stress cracks surfaced but got nervous and threw it away. Today I put a small crack in another one when I knocked it over, it was empty at the time. After racking my batch of white wine to it, I...

The kit I am asking about is: Argentia Ridge Chateau Shiraz Four Week Premium Wine Kit. I have only used my drill powered stirring rod once before during degassing and I made a big mistake of over stirring. This time around I want to do it correctly. Here are the instructions I have after...

I am ready to transfer my wine into the secondary fermenter(carboy). I have a Argentina Ridge Chateaux Shiraz kit. I used the brew belt for the fermentation process thus far. I checked the temperature today and it is at 28C/82.4F. My question is do I continue using the brew belt during the...

I just started a 4 week kit. I skip to when the kit had me add the oak chips and stir well before sprinkling the yeast over the surface. What concerns me is a fair bit of the yeast is just sitting atop the chips. I would have thought the yeast should have direct contact with the liquid. Will the...

I am at the degassing phase of my Wine Kitz Wine Art Kit. The directions say to add the sulfite and then to stir with the drill stiriing rod for 1-2 minutes and then to add the sorbate and stir for 1-2 minutes. Now I know this is going to take longer than 4 minutes. So far I have added the...

I have been making wine for 6 months. I make wine from kits, only 4 week kits so far. I have made 4 batches and now I have a 5th batch on. I enjoy Shiraz and my wife likes a Pinot Grigio. I have made mostly kits from Wine Kitz but I am planning on going to Wine Expert soon and see what they have...

I am still a newbie as this was my 4th kit. I bought an Argentia Ridge Chateau Four-Week Shiraz kit at Costco. When I opened the box to my delight the corks were included. My local wine store charges $4 for 30 on top of the wine kit. One problem with the corks is that the wine is leaking...

I am on my second wine kit at the moment. It is my understanding that in order to calculate the alcohol content you must take the specific gravity just before adding the yeast and then again before you siphon into the secondary fermenter. And take the difference in the readings. I am wondering...

This was my first wine kit. I bought a 4 week kit. For the first 2 weeks I just had the lid on loose for the primary fermenter as instructed by the wine supply store. However during the secondary stage in the carboy I attached an airlock without putting any water in it. The wine was in the...