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Bottled the CC Pinot Noir today. All went well except for a minor, but exciting, equipment operator error. The tube from the primary to the bottling wand came off mid-bottle.... WAAAA!. A quick fix and clean up and it was back to bottling again. It went really fast and there was about a glass...

I had head much about the dreaded volcano, adn today as I was stirring my second kit, whamo! Ah well, the hardest lessons are those best learned!

Hi there Granny. Welcome to the forum. As you have seen its very friendly, adn there are lots of people who are very willing to answer thise questions - newbie or otherwise.

I had missed this thread too, great work Admiral.

I have an even better idea DFW. Drink it, then walk upstairs!

Welcome Ol Tex. The wine sounds grand. You'll find everyone friendly and helpful here. I also have my first batch in secondary ... can hardly wait! Waiting seems to be hard but all important part of this hobby.

Welcome TinaLouise. Another Carolinian!

Welcome rraible. The Shriaz sounds really good..

DFWino and all, uavwmn is exactly correct. While I was about to lift the 6 gallon bucket primary fermenter, my lovely bride came up with the idea. A quick trip to the garage, and viola~! Now the Fementer/Carboy transportation/storage device is standard equipment.

Waldo, maybe you have seen this site, but here it is in any case: http://www.uark.edu/depts/ifse/grapeprog/wine.htm

Thanks guys. I didn't have another airlock, but ordering one along with an extra carboy tonight. The instructions said to fill up t 3" from top, so I did go a half to aninch high. There wasn't alot of foam in the primary, so maybe I'll squeek by.

Welcome! I am a newbie too, adn I have bee super satisfied with FVW and all of the advice here. The patience thing is a toughy!

I am thinking of some fairly cold hardy Cabernet at my Dad's place in the NC mountians. Any idea yield lb per vine? Here is a great website: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/hort_sci/fruit/winegrapes.html

I racked the CC Pinot Noir to Secondary fermentation today. SG was 1.000. As you can see, I had a little more than the 6 gallons. Should I save this for topping up?

Welcome Naomi! I transferred my 1st kit - a Pinot Noir also -to secondary today. I love your enthusiasm! <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Good Luck and you will find great knowledge and help here.

I have one that is very similar but single location temp/humidity only for $9.97 at Wal Mart.

A Happy New and Prosperous year to you all.

Really nice wine rack Scuba! I am looking for a design to hold all of my wine that is currently in the planning stages, adn I really like this one. 196 bottles is a lot of capacity, so also thatnks for posting the build notes!

Welcome Vince. I am a newbie here and must agree that of all of the forums, this is the best. Be sure to post updates on the Merlot batch!

Thanks gaudet. Did another stir today and checked the SG as things appeared to have slowed down - 1.060, still a long way to go. The bubble action picked up after stirring though, so I rigged the Grape pack to stay submerged.