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Hi Guys, So this year was my first time making wine. I've made beer for a couple years now so I understood the basics in terms of sanitation and yeast. 2 neighbours and I made about 90 gal of pressed wine. A friend who makes wine gave me an old 225L wine barrel that he didn't need anymore...

Hi Guys, Ok so today was the big day. We went to pick up the grapes today and came back with 33 legs. We did 11 of cab sav, 11 of merlot and 11 of zin. We had them crushed and destemed at the store and then combined them into 3 large primary fermenters once we brought them home. First thing I...

Hello everyone, So as I've said in a few other post this is my first time making wine. I've pretty much got everything equipment wise. Got the press, primary fermentors, carboys, refractometer, hydrometer, digital PH meter, acid test kit and a bunch of other equipment. What I haven't got yet...

Hey Guys, So Ive been doing a lot of reading in preperation to do my first wine from grapes. I'll be doing a cab sav/merlot blend and am planning on doing MLF for it. I read the article on E.C. Kraus http://www.eckraus.com/wine-making-malolactic-fermentation/. The one point that I haven't...

Hey guys, So this year will be my first attempt at making wine. I've been brewing all grain beer now for about 2 years so i have a fairly good understand of fermentation and sanitation. As is my style i want to learn to do things from scratch. So Im going to be making red wine from fresh grape...

Hi Guys, So just an introduction. I've been making home brew all grain beer now for about 2 years and felt this year I would try my hand at making wine. My Captain at the firehall makes wine from scratch and has been doing it for years so it didn't really take much convincing. After letting...