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I am a big fan Cellar Craft Showcase kits. I also enjoy a barolo wine. I know companies can not use some names like Barolo on their kits, but have a taste comparable or use a grape of that variety. Does anyone have a good recommendation for a wine kit like this? Also, in Cellar Craft...

After rinsing a bottle with sterlizing solution like meta sulphite, does a person have to rinse them with water? Askin as we moved and are on a well, and the water is not very good. thanks in advance.

200 bottle rack at a cost of $22 CDN 4"x4" squares. Putting one beside will hold 210 more. Cheap but works.

I have all my wine in storage in basement on side, in rack. I have a nice display rack in dining room where the bottles stand upright. I know the corks need to be moist but wondering how long I could display a few bottles in the upright rack and then rotate them. I like to have wines there...

Some use a carboy for primary, which I've never done. I'm running out of carboys. Is it possible to use a fermation pail for secondary? Thanks in advance

I make all Cellar Craft Showcase Reds. I bulk age in carboy for at least 6 months, more to a year. I have now in secondary a Amarone, Malbec and a Chateuna Du Pay (spelling? don't look back) Is there any benefit to adding tannins? If so, when should one add them. I don't have a good...

Wine Kitz stores are fairly popular here. I've been in love with Cellar Craft Showcase kits for sometime. Wine Kitz' own brand, how would you rate them? Thanks in advance.

In the spring we are moving house onto a new basement. The basement will be an ICF basement (Styrofoam forms with concrete poured in). I will be building a wine making room in the basement. Also, I want to make a wine storage room. The wine making room I know what I want. The storage...

I have been making Cellar Craft wine from their top line for some time now and pleased with it. Question I have is, I bulk age in carboys for 6-12 months. Doing so, is there a need to do the clearing process or let it do it on it's own? I could rack every once in awhile to get rid of the...

I have read about putting brandy in ports. How much would one put in a 1/2 batch (11.35 litres). Is it a whole bottle? 1/2? Thanks in advance.

I posted in the wrong kit forum, assuming my port kit was from the same company that I usually use. Here is the link to that post, in which I'm having problems with stuck fermenting. http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/f84/port-stuck-42051/

Making a Port from Cellar Craft. Stuck in fermentation. Suppose to wait until it hit a SG of 1.2 before adding sugar in primary (some days later) waited 2 weeks and did not hit it, so, I added the sugar anyway. No fermentation. I then added yeast again to kick start it (done this once...

Made a Barolo. Finished and has been bulk aging for last 6 months in Carboy. (do it will all my wines). I just don't like the taste of this wine. Never made it, never bought a bottle first. (Sister in law's idea to make this one) Now, anything I might mix it with to smooth it out...

I had a wine making book awhile ago (You Made This?). In it, was a recipe for combining Saskatoon berries and a red wine kit. Made a great wine. Anyone have this book or the recipe? Saskatoon's are a berry grown here in Saskatchewan that grow other places and also known as Service Berry...

I sent Cellar Craft an email, but not hearing back from them. I have a Pinot Girgio that I started on May 2nd. I should have hit the clearing stage at day 20-22, which is past due by.....over 2 weeks? It is extremely clear, and you can see small tiny bubbles coming up constantly. SG is...