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I offered to make wine as favors for the guests at my daughter's wedding next February. I've got some of the wine started and put one caseof the 375's away this weekend. Only 5 more cases to go. Easy. I've always used Word to make a simple label for my wines. Now it's time to kick it up a...

A friend of mine and fellow wine maker emailed me today about a web site that had fantastic prices on kits. So I did a little research. For a Winery Series Super Tuscan (18L) @ Finevinewines the price is 132.99 less discount plus shipping is 135.31. Superstore is 103.99 +36.10 = 140.09. So...

I always do a lot of looking on eBay for wine bottles and this ad caught my eye. 10 cases of bottles for $1???? Then you look at the astronomical shipping charge and just laugh. Wayne http://cgi.ebay.com/Wine-Bottles-750ml-Antique-Green-10-Cases-/220611651619?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

I've got my peaches and using Waldo's recipe. How do I go about making an F pack? I'd like to figure it out now while I have the fruit and have it ready if I need it months down the road. Thanks, Wayne

I just bottled my first red mountain cabernet after 7 months in the carboy and have read several posts about this being a terrific wine. I made this wine becauseit won so many medals at last year's Winemaker Magazine wine competition. I didn't know what the "red mountain" meant till I saw a post...

Has the Winery Series changed formats in the last few years? I bought a 2 1/2 year old kit and the box says Winery Series 15L with 2.5 Kg of grape skins (plastic jar full of skins, seeds, very jammy). When I look at FVW's Winery Series page it lists the kit as 16L with 250 g. dried skins. When...

On a previous post I asked whether I had made a good deal on two Winery Series kits AFTERI bought them. The date code was June 2007. I can buy the three kits below for $120 ($40/kit). All three kits are approximately the sameage. So do I go buy them or not????? FYI -- I started one of the...

I found a Craigslist ad for two Caberbet Sauvignonkits. Called, negotiated and bought two kits for $110 even knowing they are nearly 2 1/2 years old. My thinking is the juice will still be OK but the yeast is too old to use. Agree?????? Spagnols packed a generic "wine yeast pack" in the...

I scored big on one of the last posting for free equipment and while this listing isn't free you never know what a seller will take for lots of winemaking equipment. http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/for/1466984101.html Wayne

I racked the CC Austrian Zweigelt from the primary to secondary today and my, my there were a lot of gross lees left in the primary. Certainly this muck had to contain a lot of the thick, chewy, gooey, concentrated flavor so I used a dish towel and collander to drain the liquid from the solids...

I just went and picked up 5 carboys with handles. It's near the airport. A kit making winery (Yellow Rose Winery) that is going out of business. Wayne Visit the posting at http://sanantonio.craigslist.org/for/1357403309.html to contact the person who posted this. <HR> <H2>Glass...

I've got many favortite kits and make them in a rotation so I've always got what I like. Add in a few limited edition kits and just not enough carboys to try them all. After perusing the FVW catalog I ordered the CC Showcase Austrian Zweigelt - with "Crushed Grape pack". The description is...

Stumbled onto these barrels while searching Ebay. Any ideas how the toast would affect the wine? Wonder if the barrel came untoasted -- would that be make the barrel a good place to age wine? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&amp;item=370089232755...

We've tried many, many different designs over the years --one with wings that you pull down, the aso, the pulltaps design, one with rabbit ears, one using a needlewith compressed airand even counter mounted models. We just starting using the Oster 4207 electric wine bottle opener and we're...

We've got some decorativebottles that I'd like to use for wine. The singleton bottle says "James Plagnoil Marseille France" on the bottle. When I google it I presume it is an old olive oil bottle. The neck feels the same size as a regular wine bottle. The three bottles have very...

George put out the invitation months ago to use the Winemaker's Toy Store as the holding point for wines going to the competition. I'm sorry to say that all of you will have to look at my backside because I WAS FIRST!!!! I dropped two bottles off at the store today. I've never entered before so...

Our Christmas Eve feast is done. Family, food, presents. Earlier today we wondered which wine would go with the grilled turkey breast? We chose the last bottle of the 2002 WE Limited EditionWashington Riesling/Gewurztraminer. We fermented this kit inMarch 2003 so it is a 5 1/2year old white...

I'd like to ship bottles of wine to friends as Christmas presents. I know when you go to the post office they quiz you about what's inside the box. First, what box/container makes for good shipping of one or two bottles of wine? Second, is there a preferred carrier? Anything else...

After over 125 Winexpert kits and a dozen more Mosti Mondiale kits I've got my first RJ Spagnols kit. I had to almost take the bag of juice out of the box to find the 250g package of dried grape skins at the bottom of the box. Lots of kits use oak chip and/or oak dust but this kit has oak...