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I have a 6 gallon carboy with a sweet Cab. Sauv. I think I need to add some sorbate before bottling. How much should I add and is there any other instructions you all have ? Bruce

Heres to a good season for the Pats :try :b

Hello all, If you buy juice buckets and they are not frozen, can you freeze them wit no ill effects to the juice? Last year I got lucky and got the last 2 buckets that the store had. This year I would like to get a few buckets early but might not be able to get to them right away. Just a...

Hello All, I just moved my Cab Franc into the fridge for cold stabilization. I noticed that in the bottom of the glass there is some fine lees. After thinking about this for a little while I'm wondering if at this point the wine should be totally off any lees. I put the wine in the glass...

Hey everyone, just wanted to say hello. I used to be on FVW but was off line for a few months while I was studying for a promotional exam. Its good to be back and good to see some familiar names. Just a quick update on my stuff, I have 6 gallons of Winery Series Wash. Merlot. That has been...

Hello all I have approx 16/17 gallons of Cab Franc must fermenting right now in a 35 gallon barrel. The temp of the must is staying at 94/95 degrees. This seems rather high to me. Is this ok or should I try and cool it down a bit somehow?

Well I started a yeast starter to try and get my stuck fermentation going on my cab bucket. I didnt see much activity except the pinpoint bubbles on top of the wine in the starter. I used the champagne yeast from red star and after reading about it online I am a little concerned. I read that it...

Hey George, Hope all went well . Glad to see the forum back and running. Bruce.

Hello All, I just got these two juice buckets today from a local veg/fruit market. I was wondering if anyone has had any experience with these particular buckets? What I do know about these two buckets is that one is a Cab. and the other is a Merlot. The juice is from California and was never...

Hello all, I think I am going to have all of these grapes this yeaar and was just wondering if anyone has blended these before? I have had the Merlot/Cab Franc blend before but was wondering if that is the only blend that would be recomended or if the Concord could be brought into the...

It is day 6 of my primary fermentation on a Winery Series Washington Merlot with skins and the sg is 995. I just racked to my carboy and looking at the directions the next step (at day 28 approx.) is when I add the sulphite and Sorbate and degas and then add the Chitosan and Kieselsol. I...

Hey Guys, I dont really know if this is the place for this thread or not but I guess it makes sense to put it here. Just a little history here. My Primary care doc. and I have talked about grapes and wine for the past few times I have seen her. I knew that she had vines because she lives near...

Hello All, Just got back from vacation on the cape with my family and guess what I found. This is the first commercial bottle of winethat I have seen a zork on. Thought you guys would be interested.

OK So I just picked a couple pounds of reds and I want to freeze till I get enough to make a batch of wine. My question is is there anything that I should do before I freeze them? ( need to freeze quick before the kids eat them all )

Here are the labels from our Valpol from the other thread. I will try and figure out how to just post them from the computer rather than taking close up pics on the bottle. This is a pic. of my birthday present to my self. yeaaa and George, my 2 daughters love the free popcorn you sent...

We finally got to our first bottling. The Valpol. is the only label that I have gotten a chance to make as of yet. Now I have a few empty carboys that I need to get somethng in before that shrivel up.

1 more period and they are the CHAMPS

HELLO ALL, Well we finally got to bottling yesterday. I had a hard time with the corker (getting the corks all the way down.) Would it be a problem pulling the corks and re-corking?

Hey Guys, I have tried to use steam from a boiling pot of H2o,sticking the bottle in boiling water and also a hair drier and none seamed to work good. The hair drier worked but took about 3-4 minutes. Does anyone have any tips? I looked in the tutorials but didnt see anything. There was 1 but...

I am looking for a nice merlot and was thinking about this kit. Does anyone have experience with this kit? I am looking for a kit with a little more mouth feel than the RJS VdV kits I have going now. I would like to buy tonight to take advantage of sale