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Hey all! I know it's been a while, but I've been bulk aging at capacity! :) So, I just saw the winemakers competition results and I noticed that George landed a couple medals. Nice job! My wife and I landed a Bronze in the Riesling category. It's all thanks to George who helped us...

I tried escargot once. It was difficult to get past my brain on that one, but when I did I really enjoyed it. :)

LOL -- I'm the same way. Half the time when my wife and I go out for a really "special" dinner we end up coming home and gobbling up a huge bowl of ice cream or cake. :) There just isn't enough food.

Thanks! I appreciate it!!!

Hey everyone! We just planted a raspberry bush in the back yard. While we're thinking about cooking with a lot of the berries, I was thinking that it might be fun to make a raspberry wine. Before I go too far I was wondering if anyone had any idea on what type of quantity of wine I...

Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been around lately, but my Mosti has been bulk aging so my attention gets diverted elsewhere. So, I'm taking a marketing course at the University of Massachusetts. As part of this course we're required to conduct and analyze a survey on upscale dining...

George, Thanks! I'll give you a holler in the morning. Thanks for the help everyone! :D DJ

So, here's another problem. I can't overflow it without moving it because of where it is. Should I move it and let it settle or should I just filter it? I don't mean to be difficult, but my wine room is also my living room with carpet. :(

So here's the problem. Some of that gunk has settled to the bottom of the carboy. I'm thinking that racking it might be the best way to get rid of it. Then hit it with the sulphite. Sound like a good plan? Also, I don't quite know how this happened. I'm a freak about sterilization. I noticed...

It's about time to rack my fresh-juice Riesling so I went into our wine room to check it out. There is a small film at the top that I later determined to be Mycoderma (Flowers of Wine). The wine doesn't smell bad yet, so I'm going to try to save it. I was thinking about racking it, throwing in...

Thanks for the input guys! My father-in-law has been making wine for about 15 years and he has detailed per-bottle costs for the entire time. I'm kind of glad to hear that most of you don't care, because it's definately more difficult to setup. I will initially go with an average cost and if...

Today I finished some final tweaks for the Wine Making Log I've been working on. Some of you expressed interested in helping to test the service. If you are still interested, please go to www.mywineassistant.com. You will need to create an account and log into the system. Once you are logged in...

Hello everyone! You may not remember, but some time ago I started working on a tracking system for home wine makers. It's a bit behind, but it's coming along very nicely. I do have a question for everyone to see if you had an opinion on expense tracking. I have added a way for...

Has anyone here every discussed the possibilities of some kind of wine exchange for fresh juice like the Mosti and other similar limited release / availability kits? I was thinking about something like this ... 10 people get together and get 10 different wines ... agter bottling everyone...

I wish I could take credit for the oak chips, but George recommended them ... so kudos to him!

You might want to send George and email and see if he can get you one. I'll check with my father-in-law to see where he was able to get his. Give me a couple of days ... DJ

So we got our wine bottled and corked today. It was a rough start, but we figured out a good assembly line method and knocked it out in about 30 minutes. Of course, setup and cleanup took about 3 hours, but the actual bottling wasn't too bad. We put all the labels on with a bit of...

That's a 6L bottle of the Falkner Amante Super Tuscan (2002). My wife and I got married as her fathers winery (Falkner). As a gift he gave us that bottle which was used as a guestbook. So all of our guests signed the bottle instead of a traditional guestbook. Now we just need to figure out a...

Awesome info ... printing that one out ...

That's exactly what I'm planning to do. Load up my primary, connect my bottle filler, and let gravity do the rest. :)