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I'm bottling the first batch of wine I've ever made - asian pear. I collected empty wine bottles from pals and am prepping to reuse them. First, getting off the labels. Here's a link to an article, comparing different techniques. I read somewhere (maybe here) water and oxiclean. I soaked...

Hi there, I racked my plum and pear wine recently for the first time (about 2 mos. from starting the wine.) Should I have put in campden tablets? Do I put that in every time I rack? They taste really dry. I'd like the consistency to be more leggy, syrupy and sweeter. How do I get that...

Hi folks, TOTAL newbie here!! I used this "basic" recipe to make both plum and pear wine.... I have three 3-gallon carboys in the cellar now. I've racked them all once. My hydrometer went to 1.0 in about 2 weeks. In the racking process, I sampled some of the pear wine. It has quite...

With an overload of fruit from our plum and pear trees, I decided to try and make wine. I'm a complete newbie, but I'm hoping I've found a forum to ask my dumb questions, and become educated. Thanks very much, and I ask for your patience in advance!