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Thebest batch of wine Imade last year included a can of Vintner's Harvest Elderberry. I added about 10 # of wild elderberry I picked, from my neighbor's land, to make a 6 gal batch. It was outstanding. The wild elderberry I picked looked just like the picture of elderberry on the cover of a...

I was just reading some of your tips for cork humidors and thought I'd contribute. Like Wade, I use a MM all juice bucket for a cork-idor, but I use a cleaned plastic coffee can for the solution. Also keep rubber stoppers in there. Another use for the coffee cans I just thought of last...

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas & Happy New Year & all other Holidays to all.

LSU made it to the nat'l title game. Amazing!!! Bellini tried to lose the Tenn game, but the team came through. I hope Osborne doesn't allow him to coach the title game. Any idea why I think the team with the most talent in the country barely won several games & lost 2 that shouldn't...

4/21/07 @ 8:30 am I started two batches of apple wine from juice. Each batch included: 1 gal Mott's 100% juice (no sugar), 2 Qt Mott's Fresh Pressed (no sugar) 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1 tsp pectic enzyme 2 TBS banana powder 4/22 pitched Lalvin EC1118 on one batch & 71B-1122 in...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, a new gas well is going to wipe out my orchard. I'm looking for sources to replace it. I'm looking for sources that sell trees that are more than a year or two old - trying to not lose as much time as if I had to start out all new again. I hate to lose a...

I've got 6 black raspberries in pots & 9 reds (3ea of Heritage, Latham,Caroline) ordered. Anybody know approx spacing on these before I plant?

Has anyone tried making wine from Norton (also called Cynthiana) grapes. Know any recipes?

I just had a thought. Since I'm on a septic system that uses sprinklers (runoffwill get into my pond & we eat the fish), what happens to K-meta & other wine making chemicals when they go down the drain? Dothey breakdown or can there be a problem?

Hi all, I've been using these with good success, but I just noticed in George's catalog there is a paper(product5310), separate from the pad,that fits the 5292 VinBrite filter. What does it do? Am I suposed to have been using this with the filter pad?

I see recipes calling for tannin by dry measure & calling for liquid tannin. First, what's the diff? Second, can one be substituted & is there a certain conversion fctor or will 1/2 tsp of each be approx. equal?

Hi all, I picked up some apple juice at Kroger's on sale & was going to make a 3 gal batch.I just wanted to confirm that, using the wine from apple juice recipe on this site, I could multiply all ingredients but yeast. It seems 4.5 tsp acid blend is a bit much; but you're the experts...

I looked back on this site, Martina's wine recipe site, & Jack Keller's site & haven't been able to find a recipe for wine from orange juice; only from gresh fruit. Anybody have a recipe?

I made a batch of muscadine that is aging now; but, I re-used the pulp/skins/etc. for a small batch after racking the first batch. The "recycled" batch is a little thin after racking. I was thinking of adding some grape concentrate I got from George. Any ideas?

I've noticed most recipes for muscadine call for acid testing. Is the #5400 acid test kit Geo. sells good enough for the required testing?

I've started & racked a Vintner's Harvest Blueberry. This morning the SG was 1.01. Problem is, I left out therecipe/instructions & between the wife & cats, it has disappeared. I see where Maui Joe & Martina had the same cans early last year. Where do I go next? I know I...

Some of my muscadine vines are dropping fruit this week, just not enough. In the past, I've collected enough at one time to make several gallons. So far, I'v only got about 5 pounds. How much frozen concentrated grape juice can I add to make up for a pound & 1/2 of muscadine to make a...

I started a new batch of Cherry wine using Oregon fruit puree & the recipe on this website. Had a hard time getting S.G. to 1.09, but got there. The morining after starting the mix, there was cherry goo everywhere. Scraped some of it up (had put primary on a clean towel) & put back in...

HI all, I'm looking at a recipe for cherry wine (Oregon fruit puree) that requires 1/4 tsp grape tannin. What, if any, is the diff between liquid or powder grape tannin (Geo. sells both & I need to order one or the other)? Is 1/4 tsp of each equal?

I was looking at the list of Recipes George has posted &, since I just picked up a lot of apple juice at Sam's, was interested in the Apple wine from juice recipe. A couple of questions: to make larger batches, can I just multiply ingredients? am I to ignore the parts about...