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I have my first batch of Strawberry wine (1gal) waiting for the next step. It completely fermented out about 2 weeks ago, and I racked it to another 1 gal carboy last week (to get it off the gross lees). It fermented fast, in about a week. So now what? I'm confused about all the info as to what...

So I started with a strawberry wine from Jack Keller's site. Took my first SG tonight before adding the yeast.....1.120....yes, that's not a typo!! Even my hydrometer said "dessert wine" in the red zone. WARNING WILL ROBINSON! Mental note: Jack's wines start sweeeeeeeet. I added a little...

I have a silly question, or maybe I'm over thinking. Okay, if a wine recipe for a 1 gallon batch of wine states to use 5 pints of boiling water poured over the fruit & sugar initally, where does the remaining fluid come from to make 1 gallon? For example, the strawberry recipe I'm using...

O.k., I have all my equipment and want to start with a strawberry wine. I’ve been reading Jack Keller’s website, plus Terry Garey’s book, so I think I’m ready. I have a few questions though :<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><O:P></O:P> <O:P></O:P> Both...

Hi Everyone! I'm about to venture into home winemaking, but I'm doing lots of research first! I live in Florida and waswondering how this is done without a basement to keepmy fermenting/aging wine from getting too warm. We normall keep the house temp between 70-75 with the AC and...