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My first oak barrel from barrelsonline.com leaked so they are sending me another. It took a while but it is finally on its way. Since they did not ask for the old barrel back I thought I would try and seal it with bee's wax. What is the best way to do it? I thought I would get these bee's wax...

Has anyone made Limoncello or know a good recipe for it? I was dining at an Italian restaurant and got to try the owners personal stash. It was rather good

I have been daydreaming about starting a small production winery maybe just making 400 bottles annually. I would like to sell the wine maybe to restaurants, friends and family. I have been pondering where the best location would be to start something like this. It seems like there are three...

How come this kit is $220.00. Is this some amazing wine? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Reserve-Du-Chateau-4-Week-Wine-Kit-Shiraz-Gewurztraminer-20-Pound-Box-/321215921298?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ac9f5fc92

I was looking for a wood project today. I had a big wood scrap pile and a need for some wine racks so I made these 16 bottle modular racks. They don't look pretty but they work great in my cellar. No one is going to see then except me anyway. The back of the bottles are supported by 4" PVC pipe...

I got it from barrelsonline.com. I have no reference point for something like this but it seems well made. The 20 liter barrel is $133.00 which included a stand and shipping. I had them not pre drill the spigot and bung. I am pretty sure I do not what a spigot and the bung is so small it's...

I ordered my first oak barrel yesterday. I am going to break it in by fermenting a Grand Cru California Chardonnay Kit in it. After that, I will have another Chardonnay and three cabs lined up ready to go for oaking and aging. The question is how do I clean and sanitized the barrel after the...

Does anyone put dry ice in their carboy when aging wine. It seems like it would eliminate the need for topping off?

My in ground basement makes a great wine cellar in the winner but the humidity is at 40%. In the summer, when the humidity is higher, I might have to install a small air conditioner to keep the temperature down. This will lower the humidity also. Does anyone use a portable humidifier to help...

My girl friend got me a Vino Italiano Barolo kit for Valentine's Day. She also did a little research and found a guy that tweaked the kit by using Medium toast oak cubes, and Lalvin BM4X4 yeast, witch she also bought me. :p The guy she found also said after aging it in a Carboy for three months...

Has anyone made this kit? Do you think it's drinkable? $39.00 with free shipping is hard to beat http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINO-ITALANIO-4-WEEK-15-5-LB-RED-WINE-KIT-CABERNET-SAUVIGNON-HOME-MADE-OGM-FREE-/261392929437?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cdc3b929d

barrelsonline has 20L barrels and stands for $100. Unfortunately they have a spigot and from what I have read the hole for the bung should be made larger. Drilling a larger hole in a round surface seems challenging. It would probably not be hard to stop up the spigot hole but who knows...

If something could go wrong yesterday it did!!! It's a long story so I will just give the pertinent information. I have several carboys sitting around in various states of aging. I went to bottle a cab yesterday and grabbed the wrong carboy. The carboy I accidentally grabbed (and bottled) had...

I am thinking of getting a floor corker. A friend let me use his Portuguese Floor Corker and it seemed to work well. Is there any other brand I should be looking at? It looks like the Italian Floor Corker is twice the price, is it worth the extra money? Thanks

I started a batch of Amarone on 12/28 13. It started fermenting quickly and by 1/4/14 the SG was at 1.00. I racked it over to a Carboy where it has been sitting up off the floor with a room temperature of 75º. I just check the SG again and it has not moved. The instruction say to wait until the...

It sounds like a few people were getting oak barrels for Christmas. Has anyone used their barrel yet? How's it going?

I just tried the Avery Label 58163. It's a "repositionable" shipping label. It adheres very well even after its been repositioned. It peals off the bottle without a problem.

Does anyone use conical fermenters. It sure seems like it would save a lot of time racking wine over to a clean carboy http://www.ebay.com/itm/300918860501?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Ok I have three more questions about oak barrels. I did spend time researching the forum and did not find the answers, so sorry if these questions are common knowledge. 1. Because micro oxidation causes some evaporation, does it make more sense to get a 20L (5.3gal) barrel then a 23L...

I am trying to convince myself that I need an oak barre. Besides the expense what are the pros and cons of aging wine in a barrel Also how long do they last Thanks