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So I moved in May, 2016 to our new home that was going to have major renovations done after we moved in. (I'm a contractor so that was a given!) I had 5 carboys in various stages of completion: 1) Lodi Cabernet - ready for bottling 2) Argentine Malbec - ready for fining 3) Pinot Noir -...

I've got a WE Brunello kit that I will start next week and am thinking of leaving the lees and grape skins in the bucket and following with the WE pinot noir. Why? Just because! I'm thinking it will boost the Pinot Noir (not that it needs any boosting) and give it a little extra kick on the...

Well, my wine got a little snobby when I put the margarita bottles in for storage, but we shall see if this works!

We had a party last night where I made up a large batch of frozen margarita mix to use in a margarita machine - and i have about two gallons left over. Ingredients are: top shelf tequila top shelf rum orange liquor minutemaid frozen limeade water I certainly don't want it to go to waste and I...

I've done this kit twice and both times I got it down to .990

I just started my LE Aglianico CC kit and decided to add 2 cups dried cherries to primary fermentation. Since you brought this up, have you done this and how have you liked the results?

I have read somewhere that is just a sign your white wine received a little more oxygen exposure. My pinot grigio was darker yellow but tastes awesome.

My only criticism is that it took you 2 nights for 1/2 bottle! :)

$60,000.00

The compressor is outside the back wall outdoors so the unit inside is just like a ductless a/c. And My company is the GC. I have a very talented pair of carpenters that do all my craftsmanship work like this, kitchen cabinets, etc. I have the vision and they make it reality!

I made the CC and bottled it in February, 2015. It was only bulk aged for 3 months before we bottled it. Added 3 tsp of tan cru after fining, and otherwise followed the instructions. Since my wife and I are not patient, we opened our first bottle last night - i decanted it, let it sit for 15...

The hardi has more r value than sheetrock. Also due to the space limitations and his desire for the display row, we went with large diamonds below - that can hold 25 bottles each, and smaller diamonds above - that can hold 16 bottles each. With that configuration we were able to maximize...

Actually it is extremely energy efficient. Because all sides are insulated with R-30, the hardy backer adds 1.0, the 6mil poly sheeting eliminates 100% of air and moisture, and the venetian plaster actually absorbs and retains the cool of the inside, so this unit, once it acheives the internal...

And last and most important - The WhisperKool air conditioning system. To the left of it is a small shelf to set a bottle of wine and insert a thermometer that will let you set the wine room temperature to the storage degree of the wine inside the bottle!

There is a horizontal display shelf that is lit with a hidden rope light to display bottles labels on both sides of the room

Complete with 2 Danby 75 bottle wine refrigerators for the whites! We are going to install some wall rack bottle holders to display special bottles against the tile backsplash

Looking from back of wine room to doorway

Here is the finished inside. (Actually it isn't finished until the bottles are in!)

Here is the entrance after installing the iron doors. Behind the iron doors is an insulated wine room door.