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Thanks Appleman- That's interesting.

Hi Wine Folks - Gota question about blending wine. Should I blend two different wines (say, cabernet and merlot or whatever) in the primary of one of the wines or should I wait until one of the wines is being bulk aged and add the other wine. Can I use a retail wine ( maybe 2 or 3...

Yes, I do Wade. I have one glass carboy. How longshould I leave the wine in it before I bottle?

Hi Wine-People, Was just reading about the de-gassing pump. I bottled a batch of merlot almost 2 months ago and it's a little fizzy. I've mentioned it here in the forum and you 'all said to decant for a while and that would take care of it. And it does. (Still needs some bottle time as...

I am new to making wine but made alot of beer years ago and always used glass carboys. My winemaking kit came with a glass carboy. A winemaking friend of mine told me about the "BetterBottle" and I have two of them now. Even when full they are light and easy to handle. I love 'em. I have a bad...

Thanks for the advice and comments. Guess I'll have to wait while it does some bottle time. This was my first batch of wine and I've learned alot. Especially patience. Hopefully the next couple of batches (that are in carboys) will be better. I'll degas the gas out of them and as far as the...

Thanks guys. I guess I'll give it some more time and try decanting. Also will degas my other wines better. I have 6gals in a carboy that has been bulked for a month. I degassed it when I transfered it from the first bulking. Can I degas it again? How long after wine has been sitting in bulk can...

Hey Wine Folks - Just tried a bottle of my first wine attemp and the wine has a yeasty smell and after taste and is a bit fizzy - not much, but a little. It's a Vitner Reserve merlot kit. I followed the instructions and everything seemed to go well during fermentation and racking and...

Hey Wine People - I havea curious question. I know that the lower end kits - 7.5, 8, & 10 liter kits -add sugar (not sure what kind) to beef up the alcohol which is part of and needed in the wine. And the sugar is added because the grape concentrate is a lower amount than higher end kits...

Thanks Joe. I do plan on keeping notes as I keep a journal now of wine I've started making. I know also that I'm going to have patience which is going to be the most difficult part. It will be fun and interesting. I'll keep you posted.

Dawg - I don't know about the bleach thing. I don't use bleach products to clean my wine making stuff. But, I have two Better Bottles and I really like them. I've had back problems for years and the Better Bottles are so much lighter in weight. Even when full of wine - I have no problem carrying...

Thanks Wade.

Appreciate your feed back. I am planning on buying better kits in the future. I figure, if nothing else, I'll get some education out of these kits and, maybe some ok wine. How much tannin and oak do you suggest? On one of the kits I'm going to use some raisins - about a pound I guess. What do...

Hey you WineMakingFolks - Wanted some suggestions. I picked upthree Heron Bay wine kits from my local wine and brew store. They are the 4 week, 8 liter kits.Two are Shiraz andthe other is Cab/Shiraz.They were on sale because the experation date was Nov for one and Dec for the other two. Only...

Wade - yes it is the lower end (4 week) kit. Got 'em on sale for 20% off and I'm new to winemaking, so... they were a good deal and I figured I could play a bit.

Hey winemakers. Was wondering. I have a couple of Shiraz kits (Heron Bay, 6gal) and will make one as directions say but, the other kit, I was considering adding raisins to the kit when I make it. I've read some old wine recipes that call for raisins. Sounded interesting. What do you think? And...

Just got finished putting my wine(from a kit)into the secondary(carboy) and took a hydrometer reading. Instuctions say reading should be 1.010 or less. Mine is not even reading on the scale. The hydrometer sinks to the bottom of the tube. It fermented real good for 5 days then slowed way down...