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    Fruit Wine Rackinf

    Apparently you cannot edit a title, sorry for the typo lol.
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    Fruit Wine Rackinf

    I think I've made a horrible mistake. I made a few batches of fruit wine from strawberries and raspberries this year. They went into secondary around 1.010 on October 5th. Things got busy and went on vacation. I made sure to top off airlocks however I went to rack this morning (11-10) and every...
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    Strawberry Hulling

    How important is it to hull strawberries you freeze for wine? Ive been hulling, crushing and freezing berries in 1/2 gallon containers. Late summer, early fall unthaw and press the berries. I mix juice and water 50/50 for wine. It would save a lot of time if I didn't have to hull them but don't...
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    Strawberry Primary

    I just started 50 gallons strawberry wine for my wedding in August. I've been successfully making fruit wines for a few years but nothing to this extent. I'm using 5 gallon buckets for the primary. Should I ferment the buckets separately or mix the buckets together during primary? All the...
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    Wisconsin Grape Varities

    From what I understand I shouldn't prune at all the first year to promote root growth. I'll​ get some pictures up later but they look like little twigs right now! I appreciate your interest and help
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    Wisconsin Grape Varities

    Update - I decided on La Crescent and Petite Pearl. I planted 12 La Crescent from Jung's and 15 Petite Pearl from Bevens Creek. Bevens Creek was very easy to deal with, shipped quick, was packaged very well and had well established root system. The vines from Jung's were ok, but not nearly as...
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    Grape Vine Supplier

    Does anybody have a recommendation for grape vine supplier? I'm looking for 12 La Crescent and 15 Petite Pearl vines for my backyard. They'll probably have to be shipped so bare root is fine. I called northeast vine supply but it seems like they only deal with commercial growers. Thanks in...
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    Wisconsin Grape Varities

    Thanks for the feedback. I'm leaning towards Frontenac Gris. I seem to get the feeling Concord isn't a very good wine grape? My current Concord plants are doing very well and am debating to add more. I make more fruit wines- I have strawberry, yellow and black raspberry, peach and rhubarb...
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    Wisconsin Grape Varities

    I was looking for suggestions on what variety of grape to grow in my southeastern Wisconsin garden. I have 6 Concord and 6 King of The North plants growing at a different location. I managed to get enough grapes for a 2 gallon batch this year, but they are young plants. I have room for 8 plants...
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    First Racking

    OK thanks. What would the purpose of racking at 1.010? Can you let it go dry with out racking or covering the bucket with airlock? Would it be bad to ferment dry and let it sit in primary below 1.000 for a few days? I appreciate the help!
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    First Racking

    Can someone explain to me the proper time to rack from the primary? I've seen many different instructions. When it says "rack into carboy" I assume and install airlock. When the airlock is installed wouldn't fermentation slow down fast with no new oxygen? Will 1.010 ferment to dry if racked? Thanks!
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    newbie - first 1 gallon batch

    Saturday morning SG was 1.035 and today (Monday) 1.020. It has been 8 days since yeast was pitched. There are still bubbles when stirred up. I assume I should wait until it gets below 1.000 before racking to secondary? Thanks!
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    newbie - first 1 gallon batch

    Thanks for the information acorn. The person I bought the equipment from only made kit batches. I know I will have to buy more, but it was a good start. Enough to get a little experience before I try bigger batches this summer.
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    newbie - first 1 gallon batch

    Acorn - I did not measure SG before pitching yeast , I now know that I should have. It was 1.085 five days after pitching yeast. Not knowing original SG how much longer should I leave it in primary? When you say ferments to dryness does that mean when fermentation stops? There are still a lot of...
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    newbie - first 1 gallon batch

    First I want to apologize for asking - I should have done more research before I started my first batch. I want to make a lot of strawberry wine this summer, read up on it a little, but it's a lot to take in at once! I have five 40' rows of strawberries in the garden (more of a farmer then wine...
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    Pressing Strawberries

    I am new to wine making. I started my first batch last weekend with strawberries that I froze from last year. I plan on making a lot of strawberry wine this year (I have a large strawberry patch in my garden). All recipes seem call for sliced or mashed strawberries. Would it make sense to press...
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