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I've ignored my wine making hobby for 5 months now while I try to lose some weight doing a ketogenic diet (less than 20 carbs a day.) I've lost 30 lbs in that time, but still have more to go. I've had a 6 gallon carboy of ageing tropical dragon blood sitting here all that time, and I realized...

My 9 year old home sick for the 2nd day. He's getting antsy, so I forced him to help me label. I pulled out all my unlabeled wine that I know by color alone and used the trusty inkjet printer and milk to adhere labels. This hobby is getting addictive!!!!. I didn't tell him yet, but he's...

Do the vitamins that are in fruit get retained when they are fermented into wine? Not that I'm saying that I'm planning on getting all my vitamins from wine or anything, but I'm just curious.....all those berries in Dragon Blood and all.....do the vitamins get destroyed in the fermentation...

Those plastic bags and flavor packs that come in kits. They have those big plastic spout things on them that you are supposed to open and pour the juice out of. Um, how the heck do you get the lid off the darn things??? I have resorted to just cutting a hole in the darn bags and pouring the...

I'm about to start a batch of Cornucopia Tropical Riesling. I'm going to add 4 or 5 lbs of sugar at the start to boost the alcohol level. If I do this, about what specific gravity would I be looking to achieve, because I know it would throw off what the directions read. Directions say on...

I'm making my first kit, an Orchard Breezin' Orange Sangria. I started with an SG of 1.053, and after 10 days it is now at .990. It says to move to the carboy on day 14, but my SG is where it should be now(on Monday). So, do I listen to the directions, or to my current SG? I'd rather wait...

I'm a newbie to winemaking. I just started my first kit, a RJ Spagnols Orange Sangria Breezin' kit, on Friday. I wished I would have found this forum before I started it, but it is what it is. I began with a level of 1.053, and as I'm reading here, I know my alcohol level will be pretty low...

Hi, I'm Tracey. I got a wine making kit for Christmas and finally got around to starting it last Friday. I can barely stand to open my pantry door right now because the alcohol smell in the 12x4 foot room is so bad that I feel I could get drunk just breathing it in. LOL. Anyway, I look...