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I am getting ready to bottle my 2016 Cabernet that I did from grapes, up to now all was smelling and tasting great. Now I am getting a banana smell to it and from I see from researching it could be acetaldehyde or ethyl acetate. They are saying to add SO2 to inhibit it? Does this sound right...

I will be spending a long weekend in early May in NC about an hour west of Raleigh-Durham. I am wanting to talk to a couple winemaker vineyard owners about the region and the types of grapes that produce well... I would like to see if this would be a decent area to move to and start a...

So my local wine guy has the info posted for ordering Chilean Toro Negro Juice. I am planning on doing my first white - will do a Savignon Blanc. I do not have the means of fermenting it under 72 degrees. Will I be ok with this? What would be a good yeast to use. Is it worth using opti...

I made a Chilean Malbec from Toro Negro Juice last year and am getting close to bottling it (new juice coming the end of April). I need to rack it one more time and am wondering if there is something I can do to enhance it. I was thinking of adding some tannin to it to increase it's...

I just completed crushing 40 Gallons of Sangiovese Grapes. Added sulfite... PH is 3.63 and TA is 7.6 would you make any adjustments or does this sound good all things seem to be in range?

I am going to bottle 6 Gallons of Finished Cabernet. When I sanitize my bottles do I rinse them after or just let them dry as is with the sulfite solution?

Have a Chilean Pinot Noir going right now. It is juice that I received over a week ago. I started fermentation on June 2 and all was progressing well. I got to a point where the SG was at 1.024 for a couple days. I talked to my local home brew place and they suggesting adding red star...

I am going to bulk age my Winexpert Lodi Cab. Currently I have just finished stabilizing and clearing and have racked it for clarification. The instructions said to add 1/4t of metabisulphite if bulk aging more than 6 months. The wine looks good and tastes good but I would prefer more of an...

I am making a Winexpert Eclipse Lodi Cab. I started at a 1.090 SG and followed the kits instructions that you go to secondary fermentation after a week and my SG was 1.000 you are supposed to stay in secondary for 10 days. I am at day 7. My SG has been at 0.096 for the last three days. Is my...

I have just purchased the Winepert Eclipse Lodi 11 Cabernet wine kit. Looking through the ingredients it looks like a lot of oak additives (dust and cubes). Has anyone made this using all the oak? If so was the wine real oaky like chewing an oak tree or is it a more subtle oak taste?

I am very new to home wine making and have just purchased my first kit - Winexpert Eclipse Lodi 11 Cabernet! Hopefully this will be a positive experience and result. Scott