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    Best Pinot Noir wine kit?

    Thanks guys, I’ll start with the Eclipse. It gets some good reviews as well. Appreciate the opinions.
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    Best Pinot Noir wine kit?

    I am interested in making a good quality Pinot Noir. Any recommendations on the best wine kit?
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    Fruit wine question

    Thanks for the detailed response. When you hold back the pint before fermenting, do you add it back in later or just make the mix a little less concentrated than designed?
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    Fruit wine question

    I will make an update after it arrives and it gets going. I ordered Lalvin RC 212 for yeast which is supposed to be good for red fruit wines. We'll see how it goes.
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    Fruit wine question

    It comes in a 1 gallon juice concentrate which is reconstituted with 4 gallons of water. I will try back sweetening with a simple sugar for this first batch. The juice is cheap enough so I can try a few different ways. Thanks for the fining tip.
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    Fruit wine question

    No point in rushing it. I'll wait the month as you suggested and taste it. I can always add more fruit juice base and/or the inverted sugar. Thanks.
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    Fruit wine question

    The wine conditioner has potassium Sorbate in it. I'll try your sugar solution. Appreciate the response.
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    Fruit wine question

    Just ordered Vintners Raspberry Fruit Base Juice 1 gallon. It makes 5-gallons of Raspberry Wine. I was wondering if I want to back sweeten it, is it better to use Wine Conditioner before bottling or should I keep some of the Juice base and add that after fermentation is complete? I don't have...
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    Best yeast to retain white grape flavor

    Reply to posts Thanks to everyone for the advice. I will cool it down and experiment with a new yeast. Thanks again
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    Best yeast to retain white grape flavor

    I have completed three high quality white wine kits. Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, and most recently Sauvignon Blanc. All three used lalvin EC-1118 and the SB also used K1-V1116. All of the fermentations were completed within 5-7 days in very warm temps at or above 75 and smelled great. But when the...
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    Can I leave out Sorbate

    Thank you...out it is. I'm hoping for my best tasting wine so far. I appreciate the quick response.
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    Can I leave out Sorbate

    I just started a new high end RJS Cabernet kit. After secondary fermentation and degassing you are supposed to add Metabisulfate and Potassium Sorbate. Since it is a dry wine, can I leave out the Potassium Sorbate?
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    Secondary fermentation time

    Ok. That sounds great. 14 days it is! I appreciate the quick responses.
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    Secondary fermentation time

    Just started a high-end Cabernet Sauvignon RJS kit and transferred the wine from the Primary fermenter to the secondary fermenter carboy tonight (day 7). It says to begin fining and clearing in about seven days (day 14) once the sp. grav reaches 0.996 or less. I am leaving on day 14 for a week...
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    Selection Sauvignon Blanc

    Actually it was an Eclipse N.Z.Sauv.Blanc 01 273 16 Which I think means the 273rd day of 2016?
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    Selection Sauvignon Blanc

    Just purchased a new Selection Sauvignon Blanc. After opening the juice bag, the juice in the bottom corners of the bag seemed more concentrated and had a brown color. Seemed like sedimentation but surprised me and I hadn't seen that before. It came with two yeast packets EC-1118 and K1-v1116...
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    Wine Kit Question

    Wine kit I am not home now but I think they want to keep the lees in during step 3. Not sure if this is to keep the process simple or if racking is simply unnecessary and won't affect the taste too much. I am probably going to rack it off the thickest sediment tomorrow anyway. I just don't...
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    Wine Kit Question

    Wine kit Thank you Arne and BKisel. These answers are great. I'll rack it off the lees tomorrow and then degas, stabilize and clear. Appreciate the quick response.
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    Wine Kit Question

    I am making a Selection dry wine kit (white wine) and have racked the wine from the primary fermenter. After 7 days in the secondary carboy the fermentation is complete and my sp. grav. is .992. I am supposed to wait three more days before degassing, stabilizing and clearing, with the wine...
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    Chablis

    Thanks for responding. I'll experiment. That's the fun of it I guess!
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