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I started concord grape from Vintners best. It is the gallon jug of fruit wine base. I added 4 gallons of water and the gallon of Vintners in a primary. Mixed for 2 minutes Checked the SG, it was at 1.075. Temp was about 71. Pitched the yeast. This was 2 days ago and I have no fermentation. My...

I need help making labels. Can someone point me to a site that is user friendly?

I have made a few kits and have turned out some decent wine. With that said, every time I try to make wine from scratch it seems to have a very heavy alcohol taste. I am following directions according to the recipes that I get online from reputable sites. Is this because it just needs to bulk...

I am making a winexpert kit and the fermentation has not started. It has been 72 hrs now. The only deviation that I made was to add more sugar.I have done this in the past without a problem. Maybe I got lucky before. The SG was at 1.080 to start and it is still there. How should I go about...

I am making a batch of Blackberry cabernet. Last time I made this I thought it was a little too sweet. Can I NOT add all the sweetener from the F pack to get less of a sweet wine? Will this affect the end results in a negative way? Thank you, Ken

I just racked some apple wine from the secondary. There is a terrible sulfur smell coming from it. Can I save this wine? This happened on some peach that I made before but I just pitched it. I would like to save this batch and I would like to know why this happens. I know one thing that might be...

I started a batch of mango wine from fruit and used lalvin 1118 yeast, sg was 1.100. I am not getting any fermentation yet. I think it might have been too cool where I had my primary. SG is still the same after second day. I moved the bucket to a warmer location. Do you think fermentation will...

Wow! I am new and yeast is confusing! I was going to make a mango/pineapple wine and I am not really sure what yeast to use. I was going to use Lalvin EC-1118. Will this be OK or should I be going with something else. I have read the recommended yeast charts and confused myself! LOL

I am still new to wine making therefore I am a bit confused on some things. The one that I am struggling with right now is when is the proper time to degass? I am using the "Winemakers recipe handbook" that I got from my local wine store. Following the directions in the book to the "T" but the...

Can I use frozen concentrate apple juice to make apple wine? Are there any preservatives in frozen juice that would not be good for wine making? Thanks Ken

I was going to bottle up some Fredonia today and after the first two bottles I noticed how hazy the wine was. So I put it back in the carboy to set for a few more days. Now what I dont understand is why it was as bad as it was, since I just back sweetened it and racked it last Sunday. This wine...

Newbie here and I am starting a batch of strawberry wine. The ingredients say 5 campden tablets OR K meta solution. Now the directions say to use K meta solution(not powder form). Why does it list both in the ingredients but says solution in the directions??> Can I use campden tablets since I...

Found this site by looking for answers to a problem I was having. All figured out. I am pretty new to the wine making hobby. I have bought a few kits and have a few batches going from fruit right now. I look forward to making new friends here. Just for the record, I enjoy prospecting, hence the...