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I received my FWK about a month ago. I refrigerated it right away. I won’t have time to make it anytime soon. Can I freeze it now? Thanks, Bakervinyard

I’m at a loss! I need help calculating the alcohol percentage on my Chocolate Raspberry Port. int. Sg was 1.020 chaptalization at sg of 1.017 after chaptalization sg of 1.028 final sg was 1.007 can anyone chime in ? Thanks in advance, Bakervinyard

I started a Chocolate Raspberry Port last weekend. Looking at the directions they are different then the last kit I made 10 years ago. Now it’s says to add all the chaptalization pack all at ounce. Last time I added it in3 stages. Anyone have any comments? I’m thinking going with 3 stages...

I bought this white grape juice in the fall to add to my cranberry wine. i haven’t used this before. Is this the right color or did it go bad. Can I still use this ?

A couple of questions. I thinking of fermenting 2 kits of Island Mist Blueberry Pinot Noir in the same fermentation bucket. The question is do I use both packets of yeast ? When I go to stabilize do I add both packets of stabilizer? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks, Bakervinyard

I have a 2 year old Chilean Cabernet Franc juice bucket that I believe has a lactic acid bacterial infection. Some back ground on the process. I picked up 3 Chilean juice buckets almost 2 years ago. I fermented all at the same time, individually. When I went to the LBHS to pick up my...

I was at my LHBS before the holidays and he had a 27gal barrel priced at $240.00. I thought it was a little on the low price side. I was back there today and then I noticed it was a chestnut barrel. Has anyone heard of a chestnut barrel. The owner said it wasn't toasted. Anyone ever work with a...

This is what we'll be drinking for Thanksgiving dinner at my daughters house. VDV Reisling - 3 years old White Cranberry Pinor Gris, tweaked with 2 pounds of cranberries and 3 pounds of sugar. Peach Chardonnay - 3 pounds of suger added to primary fermentation Chillian Malbec VDV...

Saw an add on craigs list for used bourbon barrels for sale. Can they be used for ageing wine.?Would the bourbon flavor over power the wine ? They are 5 gal. barrels for 75.00. Any feedback ? Thanks, Bakervinyard

I have a question for all fellow wine makers. Does everyone just dump your sediment, lees down your sink drain ? I've been doing this for years and this past week my sink in the basement backed up. I checked the p-trap, that wasn't it. I took the cap off one of my clean-outs, water went all over...

Picked up 3 lugs of Pinot Noir grapes yesterday, these are my numbers. PH 3.4 TA .9 Brix 26 Temp is 58 as of now, had it cold soaking overnite. Should I lower the acid or raise the ph to say maybe 3.6 ? I wasn't planing on doing a MLF so I could retain as much fruityness of...

My brother in law called and he wants me to help him out. His father passed away the week of Christmas and left behind 35 gallons of 2012 wine. He wants me to take it off his hands. Its been in an oak barrel for 15 months. I only have about 60 bottles available to use. Can I bottle some and put...

I planned on bottling a couple batches of wine over the weekend and sanitized my bottles last Thursday night. Well life got in the way and I didn't bottle my wine. I sanitized them and then put them on the bottle tree, I didn't rinse them. Do I need to resanitize them or can I go ahead and...

I have a Chilian Pinot Noir juice that I started in May. My Mlf test for the past month have read 75mg/l. Can I consider this finished ? My temperture is 73 degrees. PH 3.4, Free so-2 18-28, but my acid is a little high .9. Can I rack, sulfur, then adjust my acid ? Thanks in advance, Bakervinyard

I grabbed a bottle from my basement and I noticed a "brownish" stain on the top. I don't know if it is a mold or what. The wine tasted fine, I just bottled it a month ago. I checked the other bottles quite a few had this "mold" on top. Can't figue out what it is. The bottles were sanitized, I...

What would be better ? My Chilean Merlot juice finished MLF, racked to carboy to add my clarifiers and I need to top up the carboy. Should I use a Merlot from last year or should I use some juice from a lug of Chilean grapes from this year, grapes not quite done with MLF. Had to ferment...

I started a Chilean Pinot Noir juice bucket back in May. I also added a lug of Pinot Noir grapes to the primary. I checked the P.H., Acid and S.G.and brought it to room temp. Pitched my yeast (rc212) and monitered the temp and kept checking the S.G. every other day. I added yeast nutrient and...

I'm making a cranberry wine and the directions call for a starting S.G. of 1.085. I've followed the directions and I'm at 1.104. I'm following the recipe from Wade's thread from a few years ago. 21 pounds of cranberries, 15 pounds of sugar and 5 gallons of water. The yeast i'm useing is...

Question, I accidently stopped MLF on the wrong wine. I added 1/8 teaspoon of potassium metabisulfite to the wrong wine. I had 2 juice pails going through MLF. 1 was complete tested at 30mg/l, but racked the wrong carboy that was only at 75mg/l. Will it be ok, can I go ahead and add my...

Using Star San for the first time. I'm getting ready to bottle 180- 187ml. of wine for my daughters wedding. I won't be able to sanitize all in one day. My question is can I leave the Star San solution in a air tight bucket for a couple of days or should I toss it out after each use. Thanks in...