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I just bottled a carboy of grape wine. I aged it in the carboy since Sept. of 2006. The wine taste great as you sip it. Then it leaves a salty after taste. Does anyone have any idea what I did wrong? Or what the problem is? Thank You, Badhabit.

Like to know if I have a problem? I have been making wine for 6 yrs. And have NEVER added metabisufife powder to my wine. When you folks talked about potassium metabisuFITE, (Pete) I though you were talking about campden tablets,(potassium metabisulpHITE) It is the same. BUT, Campden is 30 ppm...

I have been reading on the forum folks have had problems with clearing the wine. Making wine from my own grapes, It is a HUGE problem. But I get the wine super clear. By using the Super-Kleer packets I bought at fine wine. I add the packet, Let the wine set for a couple days. Then I take a glass...

I have ANOTHER problem.The corker I have is one of these portable jobs, with handles to put #8 corks in reg. wine bottles I got from finevine wine. Or George, Whichever u prefer Pete. I soak the corks in camdan water. Or potassium metabisulphite. Whichever u prefer Pete.The corks will only go in...

I have read that if you take a cup of wine. Take aSG reading. Boil off the alcohol. Take a new reading of SG. And you can get the alochol content. Any other way? Whats a GOOD and accurate meter to buy? If there is one. Badhabit Edited by: Badhibit

Thank all of you for your help.Last night I added the metabisulphite, Which I didn`t, when I added the sobate the first time, as I was supposed to.and 1 tsp. sorbate. The wine was a pretty bluish color. It was starting to get a brown tint. I had to try to stop it? This morning it had quit...

Folks, I hate to keep this up. BUT. I just checked my notes, and I had not added the campdan? The SG. is 1.010. I checked it with a vino-o-meter, and it says 18%. Taste real good & smells good. Badhabit

I am sort of new at wine making. I started last year. I grow my own grapes. Some are started from cuttings from my Grandfathers OLD stock. I started them in 2000. In 2001 I made my first batch. Sort of. One 5 gal batch to sweet. (syrup) Second to dry. This year 2006. I made 21 gal. I have...