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now that you got all the bottle you will ever need....you got any idea where I can find sturdy boxes to ship just one bottle of wine at a time? I use the 750 ml green or cobalt bottles. I have friends all over the USA and some of them deserve a bottle of my wine from time to time. Let me know if...

Thanks for the fast reply! Good info. If I want to avoid using potassium sorbate will fortifying the wine stop further fermentation?

What is in the stuff we call "stabilizer". I understand it is used when you want the wine to be sweeter after the final racking. You add sugar and the stabilizer. Some people are highly allergic to campden tablets. I am not but do get a headache from wines containing it.

Ah! Then putting my carboy in my storm shelter where the only light is what the turban fan lets in will solve that problem?

When checking the s.g. do you stir that mess up good and then test or shove the skins aside and scoop up enough liquid must for the test?

I have a dumb question. Why do you want to cover your carboy?

Yes! I have found my answers here. Hoo! Ha! I am on my way to some yummy Dandelion wine. The color is going to be absolutely beautiful, I can tell already. Thanks!

Hi, I am getting back into the hobby of winemaking after two decades. I found my old balling saccharometers but have no clue how to read them. Is there a guide somewhere. I have three of them. The one that has the graduations of 0 through 8 when it put in 60 degree farenheit water read zero...