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Although I'm ashamed of the bottle on the right. I can keep up with the stuff in the middle...

Ok, so here's the deal.. I never make anything myself that isn't pretty much dry. I'm just not a fan of sweet wine, and neither is my better half. Since I know we won't drink it, I just don't make it. (I'm sweet enough already... I like my wine like my women, red, mature and well rounded...

I did this kit last year and had it bulk aging for about 6 months. As it happens, last weekend, I did a bottling run, and Bottled an Amarone and a Meritage blend that had been sitting for 14 months or so. Took a taste of this one, decided it was good and bottled it too.. I've had Wine...

Has discontinued the "Goram" wood wine bottle shelves. :( I have some extra shelf verticals and had measured my under-stair space to fit everything out - then I go to buy the shelving - and they are no more! Argh! I know I can do them cheaper but I wanted this to be a quick and dirty project...

So, in front of me, after some racking, are three tumblers, each with a little bit in it.. Tumbler number 1) is an RJS En Primeur Italian Amarone. It is a little bit out of the racking cane, right at the end of racking from a stablized carboy into bulk aging. The wine was started April 1, and...

Hey folks. just got back from Europe, and will shortly be posting some Tuscany Wine Porn for us all to enjoy.. I have a Cellarcraft Red Mountain Trio on deck that I'll start on the weekend. I'm getting fairly well set for stuff bulk aging to restock my cellar eventually. most of it's the...

So, just racked my Super Tuscan from stabilizing to bulk age.. - I did it with all the kit oak in the primary, and figured I'd wait till now to see if I wanted anymore in it. Stole some out in the thief and like *wow*.. for a wine that is only about 6 weeks old it's pretty darn good right now. I...

So, after reading a few posts here I grabbed some avery 8164 clone labels for my laser printer, and went to the Avery site - as I didn't have Word on this, I didn't use the downloaded word macros - but figured hey, why not try the online stuff. Sure enough it worked just fine. I had a label I...

So, Racked my first batch of experimental blueberry into my experimental 1 litre jug today - I actually got these from my parents - clean, used a billion years ago and came with screw top airlocks.. No problem. sanitized the "carboy" - racked my gallon of wine into it and pressed out the fruit...

Well, last week my LHBS had this kit on for 20 dollars off, and after reading Shoebiedoo's thread about using battonage, and hearing about the results, I'm trying it. My sg was1.086, and today I am down to 1.010 in the primary, with plenty of activity still, so have taken the opportunity to...

I have about a kilo of frozen blueberries, I've been contemplating making about a gallon of Blueberry wine based on Jack Keller's recipe, to give just a gallon of fruit wine a try: 2 1/2 lb. blueberries 1 cup red grape concentrate 1 lb. 6 oz. granulated sugar 3/4 tsp...

As nothing else I'm currently making will ready for bottling any time soon, I figured I'd make a stab at making a label better than painter's tape and a sharpie for my skeeter pee.. I hope the pee lives up to it..

Secondaried this a bit back, and just racked it off. degassing now, but took a little out of the thief.. So I bought a few bottles of the canadian equivalent of two buck chuck for carboy toppers.... Jackson Triggs Cab-Shiraz (If you're in the south, and have tasted this understand that...

Oh dear, Well, I went through and cleaned out the back of my old cold room. Lo and behold I found something I didn't know I had... A Chai Maison Sauvignon Blanc kit - However, it doesn't say wine expert anywhere on it, and says Product of Canada.. Looks like it's a 7 litre kit designed...

Ok folks.. I have in my possession a nice bag of french oak chips, light to no toast on them. "normally" I would plan on about 4-6 oz of chips in a secondary after clearing during my first little bit of bulk age, then rack off the chips after 4-6 weeks and continue letting the wine sit. At...

Soo... I've got a CellarCraft showcase shiraz which is now down to 1.015 or thereabouts.. so I'm figuring on racking it into a secondary tomorrow, and there should be a nice pile of red slurry at the bottom. My sugar is slowly staying warm on the stove doing the invert thing, and I've got...

Anyone else done this one? and how'd it turn out. I grabbed it based on price, since I picked it up for 48 dollars (cdn) at costco with a promotion they were having. No oak, no grapes, just a full 23 litres of must in a pail, It's sitting now clearing in a carboy after racking out of the...

Hey all. Just getting back into it after a long absence. I'm in the relatively far north in Edmonton (Alberta, Canada). I'm mostly a kit wine guy, but my tastes for wine with a lot of body are starting to lead me into researching other areas. (I tend to like big bold reds, with lot of...