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Scott Labs produces a "Fermentation Handbook" which has valuable information in it. It has charts for white, red, and fruit wines and lists out many yeasts and which yeast provide which attributes for all different varietals. It not only has info on yeast but also many different additives...

Merlot, Malbec, Cab Sauv, Carmenere, and Moscato for me. Just transferred them all to 2nd ferm yesterday. My MLF bacteria, Inoferm Beta, should arrive today.

Nice account of your first experience with juice/grapes. This season is my 1st attempt at doing the same. Have 5 batches going at once so a bit nervous to mess something up. But this gives me kind of a timeline to compare how mine develops. Thanks for posting your progress.

Might have to try that some time. Reminded me of a funny story while trying to gather enough dandelions. After we (my kids and I) cleared out the entry drive to our neighborhood of all the dandelions we could find we headed out driving around to find more. Well, as we were driving near a local...

Moved dandelion wine to secondary. I can tell you it sure doesn't have the most pleasant of aromas. Hopefully this takes shape as it ages. Most recipes state this needs a year of aging.

Well, here they are ready to go.

Picked up my Bello Chilean juice order from Listermann's Brewing yesterday. Pretty excited. Got a Cab Sauv, a Merlot, and a Malbec. Got a call back this morning there were some extra buckets left over. Went back and picked up a Carmenere and a Muscatel discounted. Had to grab a few new...

Well, I've heard about dandelion wine and read the mixed reviews on it. Decided to make a batch and see for myself. I am using one of the recipes from the Jack Keller site. I can tell you it is definitely a chore to get all the flower petals without the green. It's on day 2 and has a very...

It was for 55lbs (25kg.) I may try to get fresh grapes from Columbus next year. I'd love to find a supplier here in Cincinnati. Getting my juice from Listermann's.

My order of frozen Chilean Merlot grapes arrived today from M&M Grape Co. It was $143 total w/ shipping. Got them bagged up and awaiting my juice buckets. Stems and pieces of leaves up front. My Eclipse Yakama Valley Pinot Grigio in the background :-)

I am running low on the DB. Have a few btls left of the Original DB, some Lemon SP, and tropical DB versions. All went over very well with the friends and family. Have a 6gal batch of DB ready to bottle and a Tropical clearing. Just started 5gal each of Blueberry/POM and Apple/Cherry...

When I was on their site I thought it said pick up only also for Keystone. I just ordered a pail from M&M Wine Grape. I got Toro Negro Chilean Merlot. Will be shipping Monday. I have 3 Chilean juices coming (Cab Sauv, Merlot, and Malbec) so I wanted to get Chilean grapes to stay with the...

I contacted Midwest supply and another company in Akron that was supposed to carry the frozen pails Dave ordered today. Neither place is carrying them anymore.:slp There are a few companies on Amazon that show frozen must pails for sale.

Is this what you were looking for? http://www.juicegrape.com/Mosti-Mondiale-All-Grape-Pack/

Just kicked off my attempt at a "holiday season" variation. I used Ocean Spray Cranberry-pomegranate juice and added 6lbs cranberries and 7 pomegranates. Sweetened with 5 lbs honey (ran out) so I had to finish with sugar to 1.080. Pitched Montrachet yeast 24 hrs after letting must sit with Kmeta...

Thanks Lori and James. The tropical had me worried for a few days. I altered the DB recipe by using 64oz pineapple juice and 16oz lime juice instead of the lemon. I used 6lbs of the pineapple, mango, strawberry mix for the fruit. I also added 3 1/2lbs of bananas as I heard this helps with...

The tropical I started on 9/27 and first cleared with Sparkalloid on 10/3. It took out a lot of sediment but the wine stayed hazy. I added 3 tsp of Pectin Enzyme after about 1 1/2 wks of being hazy and no indication of clearing. (compared to how fast the DB and SP cleared.) That helped a little...

Here is the tropical pic.

Well, here are the final projects for my 1st tropical DB variation and original SP. I checked the TA on the tropical after fermentation and it was pretty low, .36. I raised it to .60 and it helped the wine out a lot. It was flat and I guess what would be called flabby. Has some zing to it...