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Just joined the forum over the weekend. I'm on my 4th wine (3 kits and one fruit from our Pomegranate tree). This is the view from our backyard taken this morning: That's a new vineyard planted a little over a year ago. We haven't met this folks yet so I'm not sure what they're growing. Over...

That doesn't sound like a fun job. Seems a good use for those spent oak chips would be over coals on the grill. After a week soaking in the must, they would give a great flavor to a steak or tri tip. The Sangiovese is my third kit. My first was a CA Trinity Red bottled in Feb and is...

It was seven days from when I pitched the yeast. The SG at racking was 1.006 however, it seemed like way too much of the oak was still suspended in the must. Of course, I didn't realize that until I was well into the racking Being so new to this, I am faithfully following the directions which...

Thank you for the welcome ibglowin.Yes, the racking was tricky and took far too long but the wine does seem to be happy. My next concern will be making sure that all that oak falls to the bottom during the clearing process. I am very new to this and intend on filtering the wine before I bottle...

Just transferred a WE Sangiovese from the primary to the secondary and had big problems with the ground oak that came with the kit. It clogged up the spigot of the primary so I moved to the auto siphon and that also quickly clogged with those pesky oak grounds. I finally used a cheesecloth...