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Much to my surprise , I have a wild grape vine growing in our garden. It will have to be moved to a better spot and wondering if I can dig it up now or wait till it is dormant.I noticed it starting about 10 days ago and it already is about 6 foot long. I have a nice sunny hillside spot for it...

Time seems to be short anymore, so would there be a problem if I sorbated, sweetend and add superkleer in one step.? Got a strawberry and blueberry to get moved to next step,as well as make marquerita twisted mist to make for my wife plus outdoor chores. :)

My wife and other ladies on her side of the family are into sweet, fruity wines and all have expressed their happiness with a sangria they bought. When I tried it ,it tasted like it was made with a concord base, some blended fruit and ended with a pronounced orange aftertaste...

When I hit the insert image button, the window that pops up,under paths, fill up with member names. The preview window fills with some foreign language. It then slows down if I try to delete the fields. Never had this happen before. Site problems?

Filtered my Strawberry and Banana this weekend and bottled. Is it worth to try to save the whole house filter? I rinced and stored it in a ziplock with kmet in the fridge.

The longer I leave the meter in a solution, it continues to change. I get a change every 3 seconds or so. I have to give it at least 5 minutes to insure a stable-ish reading. I have the Hanna Checker.Less than 6 months old to me., The 4.01 buffer checks out alot quicker than the 7.01. TA testing...

..from a place based on price,shipping . They arrived wrapped losely in a shopping bag, not sealed and under sulfite gas. I put them in a pail with 8 oz of sterilizing stength kmet in a cup. Can I trust these corks to be safe? These are the composite type. Sorry George, you had the next...

Anyone use them to ferment in or store? What size bung would they take? Have a few free ones I can have if they are usable! Thank you!

For those who have done Welches, how much time do you need to give it ? I have 6 gals of the concord that was started Dec. 3 and now is stabilized and backsweetend for a month. Also some white grape (1gal) These are suppose to be quick drinkers, but I want them to be as good as...

Bottled my Welches Sunsplash cocktail this weekend. Wasn't sure how the cocktail type would work as it is 15% juice, but it came out great! I wanted it to be a fruity tasting fun wine served cold,and I put it in beer bottles. Everyone liked it, my wife liked it too much hence it will be called...

With the asperator hooked to a whole house filter,after filtering wine, can I just pump clean water through, then a strong kmet solution and store it in a ziplock? AND How about using a course filter when racking off of secondary fermenter, when wine is totally dry? Would it help or...

Picked up a Contemporary asperator pump model # 6260, and was wondering if mixing hose sizes between pump,carboys and filter would cause a problem? The filter takes a three quarter fitting and the smallest reduction I found in a plastic fitting would take 1/2 inch tubing.The asperator looks like...

I have this general rule somewhere but can't find it. If I have 6 gallons at 1.075 and want to go to 1.085 and am adding table sugar, how many oz do I use? Thanks in advance, am trying to organize my quick notes, and this one I am missing!

So for Christmas, my Daughter got engaged. They are planning for a late summer 2010 wedding. Courtney works at an upscale spa that is well known enough to be visited by Oprah,Tyra Banks and others, so the foods and wines and even beers are high end and usually very organic. For her...

Have some fruit wines that I am going to stabilize and mabey backsweeten.Thinking of using Welches 100% white grape. Need your insight! Do I reconstitute the frozen concentrate or use right out of can? Or is it better to buy the liquid ready to drink !00% juice? Is it ok to add...

Just want to compare notes. Some backround: 6 gallons of Welches 100%concord frozen concentrate.16 cans used on 6 gal. 4.5 tsp acid blend 1 tsp grape tannin Montrachet yeast Ta was .70 pH was 2.94 SG was 1.094 FG was .994 added oak I took a 4 oz sample and mixed in .075 oz...

Need some of your input . Have a number of wines that I was thinking of beginning stabilization on.I was wondering what people here have done, tried and learned? Questions I have are: Degass before stabilization or after? Do you have to add sorbate and kmet, or does cold...

Am I going in the wrong direction? Here is my receipe: 16 Cans Welches 100% concord Water to 6 gallons(4.5 gal) Calibrated Ph(4.01) prior to test Juice and water was 3.02. Wanted to raise it to 3.40 Added 4.5 tsp acid blend and stirred for a while and test said 2.90...

If we are keeping our SO2 at around 40ppm, how long can we expect homemade wines to last? I have been keeping alcohol at the 13% or above and like the idea of low sulfites. I have read some of you have a few hundered bottles stored and wonder if you have bottles older than 2-3 years that...

So I went to the store, intent on making a quick wine to tide my wife and I over while I let my real wines sit.I told her about people saying the 100% concord concentrate makes decent wine quick,and while filling the cart up she says"Ohh !Berry Sunsplash! Thats the wine I want you to make!"...