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Picked enough Foch grapes to make 50 gal. of must on Sept 14 ph=3.56 ta=6.6 sg=1.101 Added Rc212 yeast to 40 gallons and 71b-1122 to the other 10 gal the following day. Removed from primary and pressed yesterday September 19. sg=1.021 Put in carboys with airlocks. Also added a...

What are the disadvantages of letting your grapes get to ripe?

Does anyone have any experience combining yeasts? I would think there would be benefits to this but i am very inexperienced and didn't know if there could potentially bad results.

Correct me if this is incorrect. 1. Pick Grapes 2. Press Grapes 3. Add Campden tablets\sulfites 4. Wait 24 hours 5. Rack off of heavy sediment 6. Pitch yeast My biggest question is it necessary to rack the heavy sediment before pitching the yeast? I was told to do this and didn't...

I used Potassium Carbonate to reduce the acid in my wine and it made a huge difference with no negative effects that I can tell. The wine had already been cleared and cold stabilized when I added it. After adding the potassium carbonate a layer of sediment formed at the bottom of the carboy...

I was reading about using Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast for acid reduction on high acid grapes and was wondering what disadvantages there may be to using it? Does anyone have any experience with this?

I am new to wine making and am taking on a very large project. I bought a house last spring with a 2 acre vineyard not knowing anything about growing grapes or wine making. I grew the grapes and everything went well but my wine isn't turning out that well. My first problem was the grapes...