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Q1 Can wine kits MLF? Q2 Can wine MLF by itself while bulk aging? The reason why I ask is, I made a WE Barolo kit last August/Sept and have been bulk aging it since, until yesterday when I bottled it. It came out GREAT, even as young as it is. It is very different than the WE Zin and WE...

Heck no I'm no eagles fan, actually I'm a New Orleans fan as weird as that is, if I had to pick a home team it would be the Jets. I don't think my SG dropped as much as I wanted it to during fermentation (didn't get down to .995 where I would have liked) but when I tasted it the last time I...

Hello all, saw the thread and had to check it out. I currently live in PA (close to NJ), but I am from NJ so I hope that I am still welcomed lol. I'm pretty new to wine making with only 3 kits and 1 pail of fresh juice under my belt. Currently I have a WE Barolo bulk aging and my pail of...

Thanks for the advise, My starting SG was 1.085

After almost 4 weeks fermenting without any added yeast my SG has been at 1.002 for 2.5 weeks or so. I pitched yeast and nutrient to get it down to .995 but still nothing. The temp is 69-71 degrees. Am I just going to have to accept the fact that I'm going to have a sweeter wine?

Hello all! I'm relatively new to winemaking with only a few kits under my belt. I wanted to try using a juice pail this time so I got a 5.3 gallon pail of Sangiovese from a local produce wholesaler here in Pa. According to the guy at the store he just pours the juice into a demijohn or carboy...