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I recently made a Mosti Masters Edition All Juice Cab kit. The kit came with 90 grams of French oak chips. Does anyone know what toast level these kits contain? I want to layer my oak flavors by adding more oak during bulk aging so was wondering. I e-mailed Mosti weeks ago but no reply...

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The instructions that come with wine kitshave you add all the oak during primary fermentation. It never has you save any back. Assuming no additional oak is added,I am curious to know if most follow that recommendation or do you often save some or all of the oak for secondary fermentation or...

I am curious to know if others rinse with water after santizing. The RJS instructions state to thoroughly rinse after sanitizing. I normally drain well but have not been rinsing.

I have made the EP Delu Ranch Cab kit and at about 2 years am thrilled with it. I now plan on making another dry red (or 2) from this selection of kits. Sale ends Monday so will bepurchasing something.Has anyone made any of the following and have comments. Australian Shiraz (how fruit forward...

Thought I would share with you a very simple corkidor idea for sanitizing 30 corks. I recently used a large plastic Folgers coffee container. Iadded about 2 inches of marbles in the bottom of the container. Placed the corks for a single 6 gal bottling in. Poured/sprayedK-Meta onto the corks but...

I just bottled a MM AJ Masters Pinot Grigio this last weeked. Instead of the typical faint yellow straw color I had a slight orange tint to the wine. Just wondering ifothers that have made this kit can comment on color. The other concernis could slight oxidation cause this? During atransfera...

I am looking for recommendations and tasting notes on theCarmenere kits? Several available look really good. In the last year we have been trying different commercial wines and find them to be hit and miss. Some are great but some are so-so. I guess that's true for all wines.

We opened our first bottle of AJ Amarone w/ raisins last night. It is about 13 months old. We had made some adjustments to the instructions by adding 3 oz Hungarian oak during bulk aging and Tan Cor tannin at bottling. WOW. This wine is fabulous for its young age. Still a bit young but this...

I have an empty carboy desparately needing used. We have decided to attempt a dry reisling. Looking on Georges site, the MM Renaissance Reisling and the RJS EP German Reisling appeal to us as they are both 0 sweetness level. Does anyone have a recommendation on either of these or other alternate...

On the FVW wine log there is acalculation for ABV based on Initial and Final SG readings. (IG-OG)*135.9. This calculated result doesn't matchdirect measurement from the hydrometer. Example: assuming the initial SG is 1.1 and the final is 1.0, the calculated ABV is 13.59 instead of 13.2 from the...

I have been reading the discussions advising periodic sampling when adding additional oak to avoid over oaking. I have one that I did not sample soon enough and it appears to me to be a bit over oaked. I have racked off the oak and will bulk age for another 3 months. Can I expect the oak flavors...

I anticipate havingaccess to muscadine grapes this summer and wondered if anyone has recipes/procedures to recommend. Does this make a very drinkable wine? We prefer dry reds.

Even though the kit instructions clearly state to add the siligel followed by the liquigel, I added them in reverse order. I intend to wait 2 weeks and then rack for a final 3 months of bulk aging. Will the wine clarify correctly with this additional time or do I need to add another clarifier...

I have a question on how to fotify a port. I have seen some discussionembedded in other threadsbut cannot seem to find them now. What is preferred, Brandy or Everclear? How do you determine how much to add? ABV measurement? In a 3 gal kit, how much does it normally take.

Greetings from Southern Oklahoma. My wife and I became wine drinkers about 10 years ago when the health benefits were being pointed out.We thoroughly enjoy visiting local wineries around the country. We have probably visited 20-30 wineries in Oklahoma and Texas. We love both dry reds and dry...

I recently completed my first WE Chocolate Raspberry Port and must say Iam thoroughly impressed with this wine. Unfortunately I only made the 15 bottles and since it will likely disappear before the CR is available againI am considering ordering a La Bodega. Has anyone done both kits? What do...