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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...

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...

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...

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...