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I bottled this on Saturday night after having it bulk age for 5 months. I had about 500ml left over so I put it in the fridge for a hour. I must say that I am EXTREMELY pleased with this wine. I had a great fruity and floral nose, and a great chardonnay fruit with nice acidity in the mouth. It...

I finally bottled my Santa Ynez Crushendo Syrah last night. It had been bulked aged for only 4 months, but I wanted to do my first bottling. Everything was cleaned/sanitized properly, but I couldn't find my spring pressured bottling end thing. I just used the regular tube instead right from the...

I got a mix-stir for my birthday yesterday (thanks to George for hooking my wife up). I have a Dry Creek Chardonnay in bulk aging that has been sitting in the carboy for 1.5 months. Is it too late to use the mix-stir?? I also have a Lodi Zin finishing up the clarifying stage. When is it too late...

I couldn't find a separate discussion degassing wines, so I'll start one. I've read about different methods of degassing and at different stages. I've read somewhere about degassing before bulk aging because the time the wine is spent in the bulk aging, does not degass the wine automatically...

I racked off my Santa Ynez Syrah last night into the final stage before bottling. I had a little taste and it's going to be yummy. Since I only had 2 6 gallon carboys (one has the Sonoma Dry Creek Valley Chard. and the other had the Syrah), the only other carboy I had was a 6.5 gallon glass...

Ok, got my corker, corks and have saved rinsec bottles from store bought wines consumed. What's the best way to remove these dang labels? I've tried the soaking in hot water with a bit is dish detergent. I've even tried baking the bottles at 200 degrees F. for 30 minutes. It seems like the US...

Very impressive My kids had me corking empty bottles with used corks. Maybe a silly question, but before you bottle do you spray sanitizer on the corker (inside the cork compressor and under where the top of the bottle touches)? I was wondering after many sprays in the compressor part, it...

Maybe George is the only one who can answer this, but I thought it would be good public knowledge. I'm assuming that the same kits are available year after year. It states that they do sell out quickly. How soon do we have to preorder these kits? I have a few from last year I have my eye on.

I got this "merlot kit" from my wife for X-mas. I started it 1 week prior to starting my WE kit. It's a very beginner's kit she got at a discount housewares store. It only makes 4 bottles. Anyway, I'm in the "stabilizing" stage and it says to add the packets of potassium sorbate and potassium...

If I'm looking to make a Chardonnay taste similar to a Chablis. Are there additives which I can add to my Chard (Sonoma Dry Creek Valley)? thanks, winesnob.

I don't have a corker yet (though I have a bit of a wait before I bottle) and I was wondering which corker people use. Which one gives you the least amount of aggravation and which one can you use by yourself (without a second pair of hands)? thanks, winesnob.

Sorry for this post because I know I posted this question somewhere else here, but I can't find it. I'm looking for a nice round, buttery with some oak. I know there is a French Chard, an Aussie chard (international), and many many others. Would I have to modify any of the kits (adding oak...

Just heard of the new reality show which has just started doing casting calls: http://www.doccitytv.com/pages/4/index.htm Edited by: winesnob

#3112, the WE Crushendo Santa Ynez Valley Syrah. Everything was going so well (thanks to my wife for keeping the kids off the equipement) until...I tried to put the 3 piece air lock #4600 into the lid of the bucket. It seems like the stem of the air lock it a bit too big and I pushed the...

First, I got my WE Estate Selection Crushendo Syrah kit delivered on Friday. I wanted to bulk age it in a carboy or 9 months. The WE instructions never mentioned bulk aging (maybe they do on their web site), but the instructions on George's site and the information he sent me says to add K-Meta...

With people making these 30 bottle wines, where do you store them? Do you have a cellar?? Show us some pictures of your cellars. Here is mine (all wine was bought so far...) with my wife and two beautiful boys and dog (last Christmas): and another (this past Chrismas of my two boys having...

I have a collect and enjoy nice Bordeaux, Rhone, and bold Aussie wines as well as white Burgundies. I haven't made wine before, but I've made beer many times so the process should be almost transparent to me. What concentrates are out there that would be close to my above tastes? thanks