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The other day I went to our neutral oak barrel and there was this white substance accumulating around the bung hole. I scraped it off. Wtf is that about? Its aging and finished now.

thanks for replying. i dont know, i have so little of it im just goin by taste. it has a bit of a sweet taste, cant say.

hey everybody, i have a red wine that i tried to get unstuck (has unpleasant rs taste) and it didnt work at all. used uv43 w goferm and everything, and it didnt seem to change, but now i think its starting to get volatile acidities in it. help me save it plz. thanks. the wine has le noir (i...

how do i make it? i have a little less than 5 gal of 32.5 brix and above zin and its fairly hot as of now, its been fermenting away natively, then i added uv43 and goferm to make sure i get it as far along as possible. its a late harvest wine i guess. whats the difference between zin port and...

yes, it was. i guess i didnt put too much in after all. thanks for help everyone!

i didnt do it like that, i had a portion that was for 1000 pounds of grapes and without a scale, and guessed how much i needed for 5 gals. however, it is doing well now. if anyone has advice for making a zin port please let me know. this batch was virtually raisin free and was around 32-33...

most unfortunately owing to the nature of my mistake, dont know how much i added. i am making late harvest zin, so high alc and rs is apart of the plan. if i was to make zin port, what other steps do i need to take btw? it was fermenting right away so i let it, then added uv43 w goferm so it...

thanks for the welcome everyone! hah im not primitivo, just zin runs in the family

hey guys and gals. please help me, i havent found anything about this either because it wont hurt the wine in the long run, or no one has made this mistake before ;) but i added more goferm than i needed. probably quite a bit more. i have a late harvest zin cooking w uv43 and the juice was...

hey everyone! i hope to learn a lot, im new to wine, but it is extremely awesome.