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Just signed up! This looks amazing: Cellar Classic Winemaker's Trio 18 L Wine Kit REC-KT-CRUSEL-WNMKTR-18L Thanks for the contest!!

Oh wow! Thanks so much for the replies! Really looking forward to it now! :) Will make the recommended changes for a stronger fruit flavor. :)

Oh - I have a package of dried elderberries and a package of oak cubes...should I add those? At what point? I also have a complete 'kit' for making fruit wine (called Big Blue) that came with 500ml of grape base, but it calls for 14 litres of berries, and I have only about 9 litres. Should I...

Hi All - Newish here - about to try my hand at my first blackberry wine and I want to confirm the timing - as my plum wine is taking far longer than I realized it would. :) The recipe I have is as follows: to make 1 gallon / 6 bottles of wine * 4.5 lbs fresh blackberries (I have...

Hello all! This is technically my 3rd post - I've been asking questions in the fruit-wine making section (which I'm totally glad I did!). I'm a city gal who moved to the semi-country (read - beyond the burbs but not totally into the mountains) and bought a 2.5 acre spread, complete with...

Wow! Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the replies. I'm going to re-arrange my cabinet so the plum wine is hiding way in the back (so I stop looking at it) and will plan to rack it in another month and let it sit until November (so 14 months total bulk aging) before bottling. I didn't use...

Hi all - I'm a beginner, but this seemed like the better place for my questions. My mother in law gave me 50lbs of italian plums from her harvest this year. So, after halving and freezing them in 3lb vacuum sealed baggies, I decided to try my hand at wine making (Note - I also have 20lbs of...