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Thanks for the GREAT info!

Does the "body" of wine develop with aging? Our Zinfandel has a great "nose" to it, but upon tasting there isn't much body.

I don't know if this has been discussed or not, but here is a tip for bottling. If you aare like me, sometimes getting a siphon going and keeping it going can be a bit of a challenge. When bottling this time, i transferred my wine from the 6 gallon carboy back to my fermentor. Then placed...

Thislast springwhile wine tasting in Paso Robles, my wife bought a couple of grape vine cuttings. We planted each one in a half barrel and place them on our deck. Originally it was going to be her "thing" since she is good with plants and i am as we will say a "plants nightmare"....lol. Anyway...

I did a combination of using a drill witht he whip and the Vino-Vac. I would whip up the wine pretty good, then place the orange cap back on and then use the Vino-Vac. worked pretty good, once i figured it out. Keep in mind to have a bottle of sanitizer to spray everything each...

Prayers sent.

I would strongly suggest writing notes down. I use a wine making log book.

I know the feeling. First MM Zin is done and doing some time in the carboy. Have already bought 2 more carboy's and my wife is wanting to make more!!! Going to chekc with George as to what is available...

I am a newbie as well. I started out buying the kit from George and then adding a few items. Still not up to where a lot people here are, but i have finfished my firnst batch (MM Zin) and will be bottling around the beginning of Oct. Look at it this way... there is a initial startup cost...

WOW!!! Let me grab a straw and pass the carboy!!! Looks great!

Sorry to hear that there were no berries, but look at it this way... You dragged your old, over weight, smoking self out for a nice morning walk

Thanks for the tip Waldo! I did what you said and there was a bit of gas. I am now using a vacuum technique and pulling a fair amount of small bubbles out each time. I will continue this until the bubbles have disapated and then continue with the Fining process.

The fermentation in our Zin is complete. Went to Degass and not very much foam. Is this normal? The instruction said that here would be a lot of foam. I used the drill and whip for degassing. Any ideas??

My big concern is that during the Primary Fermentation, it went crazy for about 4 days and then quieted. Still bubbled, but not very vigorously. Now it is slow. Will it pick up again? The SG was 1.00 when we racked.

We racked our wine from the Primary Fermentation container on Saturday, to the Secondary (Carboy). All went well. My question is how often should you see bubbles in the airlock? I filled the airlock about half way with Vodka. I have seen a few bubbles, but don't really know how often it...

Like A-Man stated, those are mostly eating grapes. I would encourage him to make jelly or other things then wine. It would be a great expirience to make from the vine, but from what i have read, the process is more of a science. You need to be able to make several adjustments for killing off the...

Thanks. I was a bit worried that something happened. Obviously a newbie type of reaction

We started our first wine last Sunday morning, around 10:00am. Followed the instructions that came with the juice (MM Kit) and the instructions that George provided. We placed the Primary in a room that has had pretty stable temperature (high of 76.7 and low of 69.9). Within the first 8...

Got it. I guess it helps to actually read slower and comprehend what is being said. I will go get the heat pad, wood and plexiglass.

Holy Crap!!! You are my current idol. Looks GREAT!!!