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    Cold fermentation

    Has anyone tried colder red wine fermentation? I’m reading you can get more fruit extraction and a more quality wine if you go low and slow. Seems like main issues would be stalling of yeasts. I was thinking you could maybe counter this by starting lower and bumping up temps over time or using...
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    Bubbles. How the hell do you get rid of them

    Ok so I’m on my second year doing this. We are doing it from pressed juice buckets. We degas with a drill, ferment to completion then sulfite, bulk age for around 6 months while sulfiting every 2 months. Sulfite the bottles and the corks, bottle the wine. It taste great for about two months then...
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    How long can water with kmeta and citric acid sit in a barrel?

    Uploaded a picture of a barrel I got from Carolina wine barrels. Looks to be holding water very well. I didn’t plan to put my wine into the barrel until end of January. Is this ok to leave full of water with a mix of Citric acid and kmeta in which I put inside already for a month ? Just don’t...
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    Help juice bucket I got already started fermenting

    I picked up two 5 gallon Regina Barolo pales of pressed juice. For some reason it was bubbling at the relief valve on the top. It was stored outside and it’s been in the 30’s in upstate NY and snowing so no way it could have started fermenting I thought. I just checked the spec gravity and it’s...
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    How to prepar new barrel

    I’m new to this. I️ have a 10 gallon barrel that came in no wrapping got it from Carolina barrels online. They guy said it is sterile inside I️ just have to drill a hole. Should I️ soak with a kmeta water solution to swell it? They said just use water. I️ just don’t want to ruin 10 g of wine. I️...
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    Lalvin 71b-1122 and MLF question

    I have a amarone bulk aging and already sulfited it so it’s too late for MLF. I️ used this yeast to handle the Malic acid tartness. If this yeast uses Malic acid should that take care of the tartness since it uses it up? Not sure if this is similar to using MLF. I’m not familiar about how to MLF...
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    First post on this site, love the info and help

    First post here. Love the site very helpful. Couple questions 1.) I’m using fresh juice from fresh pressed juice from Italy. I️ went for amarone. I️ bought 10 gallons. I️ have so far fermented juice to .992, starting was 1.095 ish. I️ve racked twice once at 1.02 and at .992. At .992 I️ racked...
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    Few questions to a new winemaker

    First post here. Love the site very helpful. Couple questions 1.) I’m using fresh juice from fresh pressed juice from Italy. I️ went for amarone. I️ bought 10 gallons. I️ have so far fermented juice to .992, starting was 1.095 ish. I️ve racked twice once at 1.02 and at .992. At .992 I️ racked...
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