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I had tow carboys full of Barolo and Petite Sryah. They were both down to .994 and needed to be racked to a clean carboy. Then I could stabilize and degass them. I racked the Petite Syrah to a clean carboy and went to make the K-meta and K-Sorbate. When I returned I uncorked the carboy and added...

Wednesday I started my Barolo and Cabernet Sauvignon. I have all this wine either fermenting, waiting to be fermented or bulk aging. Yet, I have hardly any to drink. It's a terrible thing to have so much wine and none to drink but in about 9 months to a year, I'll be sitting back enjoying the...

I know it is not one of George's products. I'm just curious to know about their quality. I'm very happy with my MM kitsand love George's great service. I also thought it would be a way to do a few 3 gal kits for wines I don't want to have 30 bottles sitting around. Such as trying a Cabernet...

I started the LaBodega Port kit. It has progressed nicely but a little fast. Secondary fermentaion has stopped. My question is this: Can I leave it in the secondary after fermentaion has stopped? I want to leave it the full 14 days to get as much out of the oak as possible before racking it for...

I needed carboy covers. I don't have extra t-shirts laying around. I don't have the skills to make my own carboy covers like the talented people I have seen. So, I took my old Army laundry bags and sacked up my carboys and pulled the top closed. They work quite well. They are heavy enough to...

I have found that I enjoy drinking red wines and know nothing about them. I am makingPort (a stretch as a red wine)and Amarone.I plan to make Chianti. I want to make a quick aging or a wine that is good with little aging (1 to 3 months). I'm considering the DT Lambrusco for that wine. I'm open...

Sunday I racked my Amarone to the secondary. It was fizzing like crazy for two days. Yesterday it just seemed to stop. Today there is no gas through the airlock and very little if any sign of fermentaion (a few bubbles around the edge but none moving up). I just checked the Sg and it is .0994 at...

I'm making the all juice Reisling. It's my one white. It finishes as a 0 on the scale but reisling is traditionally an off dry wine. Should I backsweeten this wine when I finish it? If so any guess as to how much with what? I want it to be a good Reisling for those times when I want to have a...

I want to make my own labels. Mostly because I enjoy personalizing them. I need to know of a good photo editing program that will work with Vista. I had one I like but it doesn't work with Vista even after the patch so I'm in need of a new program. Edited by: A62Rambler

I would swear I read a post about an easy way to remove the raisins from the kits that have them. I've looked and searched and can't find it. I'm hoping I didn't dream this up. Tell me your removal method and help out a newbie or refer me to the post.

Does anyone know if the 6.5 gal lid that The Winemakers Toy Store sells fit the MM All Juice buckets? I'm wanting a primary for the 3 gal kits. Since I will have two of the buckets anyway, it just seems logical.

After a delay and building a workbench just for wine making, I'm making wine. My first kit is the MM Lambrusco. It was the fastest aging kit I bought. If it is half as flavorful as the juice was, it will be amazing. Thanks to all on this site for the tutorials and posts which have so far...

A friend thought I would like Port. He said it was fortified wine. My breakfast cereal says it is fortified too so how bad can that be (more on this later). So, I decided to try one. I bought a decent Tawny Port to sample. I went home. After doing some work around the house and then having...

Okay so some of the kits I bought have recommended aging. I'm sure a little more is a good thing as well. Here's my question though. I understand that wines peak at a general time for instance 2 years. What happens then? Do they begin to get worseafter they peakor do they just hold at the peak...

Hello to all! I've been a luker for some time. After reading most of the posts, I decided to jump in. If I drown in wine, it might not be such a bad way to go! I made wine once in college and did it all wrong and still made wine. Although with extra sugar (I thought it would make it...