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I'm wondering about the best way to sanitize, store, and reuse wine bottles. With my carboys, I rinse out 3X with warm water and then sanitize with sodium metabisulfite. I drain the SM from the carboy but don't rinse it away while stored empty figuring the SM residue provide extra protection...

I've made a few batches of Argentia Ridge Chardonnay. It consistently comes out too citrusy for my taste. I've aged them on the lees, which seems to help, but it's still a bit too citrusy for me. The other flavors are nice, as is the mouthfeel. I just finished two batches and they're aging in...

I have an Argentia Ridge chardonnay 7L kit from Costco Canada that I plan to age on the lees. Racking off primary, do I stir up the lees so they all transfer or should I let some settle on the bottom and rack them off? My understanding is that they're all fine lees, so keep them all?

I bulked aged a kit of Cab Sauv (Costco Canada, Argentia Ridge) for 4 months in a fairly cool environment (~65F). I just tapped it and its quite fizzy. It's only my 8th kit, so read up on it and the consensus seem to be that it needs more degassing. I put my whip to it for 45 minutes, and it...

I started a batch of Eclipse Sauv Blanc in mid march (12 weeks ago). Its an 8-week kit and got stuck about a couple weeks into fermentation at a SG of 1.01. It was stuck for maybe two weeks. I pitched some more yeast, but that didn't do anything. I went to the local seller and he gave me some...

I'm bulk ageing my first batches of wine in carboys and plan to "bottle" my first one into Juggage BIBs when in reaches six weeks, provided its mature enough to drink. I've been reading a bit on bottle shock. This thread http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25619 suggest that the...

Most of my kits have oak chips and it seems like every time I use my wine thief I get chips stuck in the valve portion and they're a pain to get out. Does this happen to anyone else? Are there techniques or tricks?

I'm new to winemaking and currently making a Chardonnay. I've been reading up on ageing on the lees and would like to give it a try. I'm clear on the concept of not racking off the lees and mixing during bulk ageing, but it's not clear to me how and where to deviate from my kits instructions...

I new to winemaking and have 5 batches on the go in various stages. (2) Argentia Ridge Chardonnays, (2) Argentia Ridge Cabernet Sauvignons, and (1) Argentia Ridge Amarone. (I've been wanting to take the plunge and Costco here in Canada had a sale on their double kits and full 23L kits.) I'm...

I'm making a Cabernet Sauvignon and missed adding the oak chips during fermentation. (It's a Costco double-kit and the bags were hiding under the second kit.) I just degassed but haven't added the clarifier (chitosan) yet. I googled and found lots of conversations about adding oak chips...

I'm a few days away from my wine kit's instruction to rack into bottles. Due to limited storage space, I'm planning to age the wine in the carboy and bottle when it has peaked. Per my kit's instructions, there's a bit of sediment currently at the bottom of the carboy. My question is, since...