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I just was able to score a blue Italian floor corker for $30 it seems in great shape but was stored in a shed for some time I cant be sure of. It seems to work smoothly. Only thing that I have issues with is the depth adjust thing seems to be stuck with slight corrosion. I put a little pb...

With the holidays coming I was planning to make up some kind of basket with say 2 or 3 bottles of wine, mostly wine I made. has anyone here done this before? what other Items do you include in the basket? I was thinking things like a cork screw, a pair of glasses, maybe some food items like...

I been searching the board and looking for a recipe for an apple or spiced apple wine that is not too hard to make. if I have to use fresh fruit thats ok. but seems what I see posted is for just one or 5 gallons. I could use that if I had some help modifying it to suit the amount I want to make...

I been doing mist and vintner's reserve kits and those don't have you rack 8 days after you stabilize the wine like the Selection Original White Merlot I just started. instead they tell you to let it sit two weeks and then bottle. I was thinking when I do a mist kit again why cant I rack it...

I'm doing a kit wine and it gotten really darn hot this week. I do have it in the basement were its generally a stable temp cooler than outside. My problem is I had not taken the basement trash out and the bag the juice was in seems to have attracted some fruit flies. I got rid of that as soon...

I have a Chianti made from a bucket of Chilean Juice. I have had it completely fermented and stabilized now near 3 weeks. I racked it into a new carboy and put in 3 oz of Tuscan oak cubes that were about 1/4 inch in size. I tasted it 2 weeks in this past weekend when bottling a Shiraz I had...

I am Making a Chianti. it is about done with primary fermenting tomorrow I play to rack it from the bucket to the carboy if the SG is good. My question is when is the best time to add the oak? I have 3 oz. of small Tuscan oak cubes to use on this 6 gallon batch.

Ok I'm new at this and never bottled before be gentle with me.. I have some people giving me empty bottles and I have gotten some nice ones mostly greens and leaf color but a few are screw top (gasp) :p. one was a Raspberry sparkling wine/champagne bottle I got for Christmas that is nice...

Ok new here and want to get in to making a few batches this spring and summer and some in the fall. I have not made any yet, just got my equipment to start and plan to start a kit this weekend. I just reserved a juice bucket of Chilean juice for Chianti from a near by vineyard. I know this...

Hey Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I just joined and have not made any wine yet but its been something I have thought about for a while. My brother brew his own beer so that sparked my interest again. So I took a 2 hour beginner class this weekend and thought I really wanted to do this...