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I agree with going with top of the line. But I couldn't resist trying the RJS Grand Cru. Will try CC Showcase next.

It does. Thanks.

Then why some suggest that the wine will acquire the oak taste if oak chips are put in the secondary as well. Do they mean fresh oak, perhaps? For that matter aging in oak barrels doesn't matter after 7 days and barrels can only be used once?

I racked the RJS En Premier Woodbridge cab sauv yesterday. Smells amazing the taste is still a far cry from what it will became in at least a year. at the same time I started RJS Grand Cru Cab Sauv and WE Eclipse Cab is being delivered.

Thanks everyone. I got rid of the skins and used half of the oak chips (along with the two tea bags provided) with the RJS Grand Cru Cab that I started after racking the En Premier

RJ Spagnols en premier woodbridge cab. Not sure if I should transfer the bag with oakchips from the primary fermenter to the carboy when racking. How about the grape skins? Could I reuse the grape skins when making another batch the same day? Whould that benefit the new wine that I wil be...

Since my first Welch red wine came out pretty good, though with high alcohol content -15%-i decided that I'm ready to make something real. We are cab drinkers and prefer west cost over european wines. What we look for in a wine is well pronounced and easily noticed fruit taste. Some of our...

Hello from Warren county, NJ. My wife and I are west cost red wine lovers, so we, that is me decided to make our own. I started off with a Welch grape juice and will rack it 3rd time tomorrow. So far it looks promising. I do have all of the essential equipment, enzymes, etc. Today I used the...