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Racked mine to the secondary today. SG was at .996. Keeping my fingers crossed! Tasted pretty good at this point.

Just got off the phone with Winexpert and they said exactly the same thing. Told me it was fine to pitch the yeast and the sugars will come out. I'll put the yeast in when I get home and we'll see how it comes out. I am really looking forward to this one.

I am going to let this one sit overnight and see what happens. Just used a regular wine thief to get the must into my test vial. If its still really low I'll call Winexpert in the morning.

Took the reading with a hydrometer. I did spin it to unstick it from the sides. Even tried my spare; same readings. I just took the reading again, it's at 1.068. 1.090 is a long way to go. Only thing I can think is I added too much water for the kit; but I did stop short of my 6 gal mark to...

It is the kit with the grape skins. Stirred it up pretty good for about a minute, added the grape skins and took the reading. Maybe I should just let it sit for a few hours and see if it goes up.

Hi all. I am fairly new to wine making and have found this forum incredibly informative. I just received and started my 6th kit - the Winexpert LE 2012 Nebbiolo. After topping up to 6 gallons as described in the instructions, I took the SG reading and it was 1.064. The kit instructions say...