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yea - definitely bottle it - even if it's in the bottle for just a week or two - i need the carboy space anyway - but are used screw capped bottles to be avoided for wines that I plan on storing?

thanks - yes was thinking along those lines - It was only a gallon and it's less now with testing so if it's nice it will be gone really quick and it's my first wine so it's not like I'm trying to win awards - I don't think I'll fuss over it and if the worse comes to the worst I'll have...

thanks - I did a bit of reasearch on this since posting and I understand better now - but in my case I'd be adding about 25% - so since I was thinking of backsweetening this with some apple juice that I have that is really nice and natural and has similar notes in some ways to the wine - I was...

Thanks - that's good to know. I am adding the kieselsol later today and the directions say to afterwards fill to near the top of the carboy with water - but I did a one gallon batch and my trial jar is about 100ml so I lost about a bottle of wine's worth ( about 0.75 quart ) in testing, which...

My dragon blood ( also my first wine) is at the end of fermentation having been stable at 995 for 3 days. I'm about to transfer it to carboy now and adding sorbate and finings. Tbh the wine tastes great but its way to acidic and tart to my taste. Does this calm down over the next week or two or...

I ended up getting Na-Meta because the online homebrew and winemaking store that I use - generally considered reputable said there was no difference - and because of this article -http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46916 - but lots of other people say there is a difference. I...

I have a few quesitons Would isinglass work as a fining agent - I was going to use gelatin for my beer but some say not to use that for wine - cant get sparkaloid here afaik http://www.thehomebrewcompany.ie/liquid-isinglass-vinoferm-100ml-p-1448.html Can I use Sodium Metabisulfite instead of...

yea I'm sort of used to the concept for my beer brewing - I'll definitely make a 6 gallon kit eventually when I want to get my pipeline established - for the first one or two I'll do a couple of 1 gallon for a number of different reasons though - but thanks what you're saying makes sense

thanks - that looks like a great recipe - and fast - and good to know it's tried and trusted - I think I'll look no further - he says for smaller batches just do the math - I''ll be doing a one gallon - is it safe to just divide it down with no other changes

I'm just getting into wine making and I've yet to make a wine. I've brewed a fair bit of beer. Naturally I'd like to be able to make a wine that would be ready sooner rather than later - some recipes say things like "this wine will be ready in a week" or a month or something ... can anybody tell...