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This may be a stupid questoin, but when you guys do a pech wine with say 70 ounds or so of peaches, do you use your normal 7 gallon primary or do you use one of the bigger 20 gallon fermenters? I' thawing my peaches right now and am thinking I may have a problem putting it into my normal...

I was wondering has anyone ever tried making a straight strawberry wine with strawberries from the frozen food section? I was in between jobs and missed out on the harvest this year and was thinking this might be a good alternative. Sent from my iPhone using Wine Making

I just started my first buckets from harford winery. I picked them up Saturday and left them sit in my kitchen all day Sunday as I was out celebrating Mother's Day with my mom, I woke up this morning and the buckets had started fermenting all by themselves. I asked the people I got them from and...

I was hoping someone could share their experiences and tell me what the major differences are between pails and kits. I've done a couple kits so far and really like them, but with the availability of juice pails and the price I'm going to give those a shot. I have read that with pails, you...

I've decided to branch out and order my first Chilean juice pails and was wondering how many pounds of grapes I should press and put into the primary. I was looking at Harford Vineyard and noticed that their Chilean grapes come in 18 lb lugs and their California grapes come in 36 lb lugs...

I've read a lot on here about MLF with grapes. Just for my general knowledge since I don't plan on any more fresh fruit wines for a couple months, is there any other fruits that benefit from MLF or is it just grapes?

I am going to pick up 6 gallons of fresh pressed cider from an orchard near by this weekend and was hoping to get some tricks for making a good still hard cider. As of now I plan on using some peptic enzyme once I get it home and letting it sit for 24 hours before pitching yeast. One of the...

I am going to pick up 6 gallons of fresh pressed cider from an orchard near by this weekend and was hoping to get some tricks for making a good still hard cider. As of now I plan on using some peptic enzyme once I get it home and letting it sit for 24 hours before pitching yeast. One of the...

I think I need some help... I'm kind of new to making wine with fresh fruit and I can't get my blackberry wine to start fermenting. I started off with 5 pounds of Blackberries and 1 pound of Raspberries, then added about 1/3 gallon water. I then added 5.5 cups of sugar to get the SG up to...