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Well here I am all ready to bottle tomorrow and I clouded my Chardonnay when racking to the clean carboy. I really..really... want to bottle tomorrow.Willit settle enoughovernight to bottle tomorrow? If there is a small amount of sediment in the wine will itbe OK? I just can't...

I have been doing "battonage" for a month and now it's time for me to stabilize and clear my wine.My problem is that the wine sheet instrouctions contradict with my battonage instructions. Battonage instructions say to transfer to a clean carboy then stabilize and clear...

John and I are finally getting around to decidingwhich white wine to start. The description of the Chardasia sounds very good ... However, I've never had that blend (not that I remember). Ifyou've made this wine I'd love to hear your review. Would also like to know how it compares to a buttery...

OK, Wade suggests a MM all juice kit. What is the big difference between an all juice kit and a kit where I add water? Is there a big benefit?

It's been slightly over a year since I bottled our last wine and we are running seriously low. Any suggestions out there for a delicious red? Last time I made a California Cab-Sav, however, I no longer see the grapes on the list so I'm looking for suggestions. Hey George, you will be...

Istarteda Cabernet Sauvignon kit per the instructions and then racked off the lees to a carboy after about 9 days. Here's where the problem comes ... I have left the wine in the carboy (with airlock) without going to the stabilizing step for 3 weeks. What a dummy ...have Itotally messed up...

All of a sudden I see lots of posts about mead. Dummy here wants to know what it taste like. In a lot of the historical fiction books I read (1500 - 1700 time frame),they are always talking about mead. Sounds like it might be fun to make if I thought I'd like the taste. Here in Florida we have...

OK all you white wine mavens, weneed some info here. We have an Australian Chardonnay bulk aging in the carboy. The kit came with oak, which we used. Then wedid a month of battonage. Before we added the fining agents we tasted the wine. It is coming along nicely, but for my taste it could...

I finally got around to looking at George's specials for October and he has lots of books on special this month. Tell me which books you would suggest buying … and NO, I can’t buy them all. <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> John and I have only made 2...

Next time John and I will try to get in the picture along with our 2 very helpful cats.

Doesn't everyone bottle on the floor?? Whata great feeling it was to bottle our first wine!We'll post a picture of the batch once we get the labels and shrink caps on the wine.Up until bottlingwe werewondering if it was ever going to taste like wine. If there is as much difference...

One of my friends here at work asked me what I had planned for the long weekend and I told here we were going to bottle our wine. Having lived in Italy she immediately asked me if the moon was waning .... Seems that in Italy folks only bottle their wine during the waning phase of the moon ...

Well folks the VR Zinfandel is taking shape. Sunday we racked to a clean carboy with the 1/4 tsp K-meta and topped off with wine. I was surprised to see new sediment in the bottom of the new carboy after only an hour .... guess I didn't do a very good job with that auto-siphon! We wanted to...

After reading Robbs post and all thecomments aboutwhere to store carboys, Ithought I would share our solution. We can definitely relate to the carboy storage problem! Since we live in a 2 bedroom cottage in <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"...

Step 3 wine kit questions … (VR Zinfandel)<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> John and I checked the SG and tasted the wine this weekend. The wine tasted slightly sharp and had a very “yeasty” taste … is this we should expect at this stage? (10 days in...

Hello everyone, <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> My name is Margaret and I am a government meeting planner at Tyndall Air Force Base, FL. My husbandJohn is retired Air Force but still works with them every chance he gets. I love to garden andJohn's...

Being a "newbie" on theforum I have read almost every post.Gotta tell ya, the posts about marbles intrigues me. Enquiring minds want to know ... when, how, how many and what kind do you use? PATIENCE I keep seeing the word patiencementioned and I was wondering ...Will it help tobulk age...

We're hooked!! Just racked our Zinfandel to the carboy and we are already wondering what to make next. You guys didn't tell me this was addictive. We both like big, buttery chards ... any suggestions?

My husband John and I live in "The Cove" area of Panama, City Florida with our two cats; Princess and Foxy. The Cove runs along St Andrews Bay and is full ofancientoak trees, spanish moss, and quaint houses.I love to garden andJohn's love is his Harley Davidson.Something we both enjoy is sitting...

Hopethe wine is good enough to bottle ... Margaret