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I'm signed up for the mailing list. My choice is Wine Expert Eclipse Sonoma Valley Dry Creek Chardonnay. Btw, I have made both the Wine Expert Columbia Valley Riesling and their Mosel Gewurtrzaminer, and both are GREAT. I'm choosing the Chardonnay based on the great results I have gotten with...

Here is a follow up question: I am planning to degas in about a week, and will be doing so in my primary fermenter bucket as discussed above. I do not have a power drill or power drill degassing attachment (may acquire one at a later time). All I have at the moment is a large stir stick that...

Update #2: put on a small room fan aimed at the primary a few hours ago and the temperature dropped to around 73. Cracking a window in this weather in NY is a bad idea. Might lower the fermenter temp, but it is makes ME cold haha. All's well for now, thanks again for the advice, everyone.

This is really intriguing. It almost makes me want to buy another of the same kit and ferment at 65 degrees to see what happens and if there is any discernible difference. It also makes me want to experiment with a different yeast rather than blindly following the one included in my kit ... I...

Hi all, I just started a primary fermentation of a WineXpert Eclipse Riesling on 1/15/13. Fermentation is going well, lots of CO2 coming out of the airlock, a light odor in the air of yeast / wine. My questions pertains to the temperature of the yeast and their metabolic activity / what is...

Thanks to everyone so far for the very helpful advice! I know I can probably spend weeks reading the forums here and answer these questions myself, but time is precious, as I am a graduate student and spend more hours than I'd like studying my brains out. It is a marvelous thing to be able to...

Ah I see. So it seems bulk aging, besides perhaps improving your wine, also provides an "insurance" against all of your wine being consumed before aging has occurred. Clever :h

Ah, pardon my lack of jargon, but does bulk aging occur before bottling or after? I assumed it meant after you bottle, you just leave the bottle alone for 6 months ... but your phrasing seems to suggest otherwise. Perhaps I used the term wrong, but I was planning to "bulk age" as in, leave...

Thanks DoctorCAD, I do plan to bulk age most of what I make this first time and not touch it for at least six months, maybe longer after bottling. But I think I will have to try at least one bottle right after to prove to myself that I made wine! :dg

Hi all, New kid on the block here about to start my first wine on 1/16. I have a few questions regarding optimal use of the small amount of equipment I have, and want to see if anyone could offer their advice as per my plan of attack. So I will be brewing an Eclipse Columbia Valley...

Originally from Jericho in Nassau County, but have been moving around to different areas of NY depending where I am in school. Lived in NYC for undergrad and now I'm up in Westchester. My girlfriend currently lives in Brooklyn, where were you from in Brooklyn Wiccan_Lager?

Haha, I'm not too sure, don't really watch that much TV. Either way, I'm just currently living in Westchester as a student. Originally from Long Island, for what it's worth.

Just thought I'd drop a quick post to say hi and get the ball rolling. Picked up a standard starter kit with everything I need (I think) along with an Eclipse Columbia Valley Riesling over the holidays. Thinking about getting it started over the next few weeks. Any general tips or useful...