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Hello all - been making wine over 10 years. always a patient/lazy approach however this year I find myself with all carboys full and looking to bottle early (6-7 months since primary) from the spring juice buckets. I sampled some early wine today and its a hot mess lol. the pH and acid is...

Hello friends, I have 2 chard kits from fontana that i started last friday (10 days) i do the joeswine thing and make to 5 gallons, a little chaptalization and an oak stave. i think the initial read was 1.150 Ive done more of these kits than i can remember and never had a problem. Both kits...

good morning ladies and gents - I'm writing today to see if anyone can comment on re-using bottles with ceramic lid and loops from this company http://vodka360.com its water tight, i just didntk now about letting the wine "breath" through the cork. yes its fully degassed :D

Hello friends - I have 8 buckets I just brought home from luva Bella in Ohio. and Im wondering what if anything i can do to increase the overall flavor and profile etc. I will chaptalize a little bit but not too crazy - after I have a base SG as they are still super cold 60 degrees or so...

I have about a pound of french oak chips that were in primary and when i racked i saved the chips onto some newspaper with the intent of putting into the wood stove. a few days later i thought, why not use the wine infused french oak chips to cold smoke some food? cheese, salt, veggies...

So wife and I went up to the juice supplier and came away with 5 buckets. The not so friendly fellow at the loading dock only said "you don't need those yeast packets the yeast is already in there" I was caught off guard so I put the packets back on the shelf. Now they are warming up in the...