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There is a nice stainless steel steam juicer in my neighbourhood that is begging me to grab it. The thought of not having to pick my grapes off the stems, but rather shove the whole bunch in the juicer, is very appealing. Has anyone used one of these to make wine? I'm making concord wine so I...

Does anyone know a good internet source to recommend for purchasing high quality powdered grape tannin? I'm located on Vancouver Island, in Victoria, BC, Canada, and my two local HBSes don't carry it, and other stores haven't returned my emails in over a week. The only stuff I can find on...

I've recently started adding oak staves to my Concord wine and wine kits, during either the secondary fermentation or the bulk aging phases. Does anyone know how many times you can use them? Any potential problems from overuse? They have been used about three times. Sanitized with Potassium...

Just had a bottle of a 2006 Malbec from Bordeaux. Such firm tannins! Just wondering what the thinking is about adding tannin powder to wines? I make a carboy of concord wine every year from grapes in the backyard (yes, it is slightly musky). The tannin is there, but not mouth-drying like the...

So I make El Cheapo wine kits when I am waiting for grape wine or decent kits to finish aging. Here in BC, Canada, the lowest rung are the Spagnols' Cellar Master kits, which the fine folks at that fine company admit are identical to their Heritage Estates 6.3 litre kits. I accept these as the...