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I unsuccessfully tried to find small quantities of this tannin so decided to just buy a Kg of it. I won't be able to use it all so thought I'd post here and see if anyone is interested in splitting this with me. I'm hoping to find 3-4 others interested so I could make 4 or 5 portions of 200 or...

Thought I'd post this since it seems the price on these has come down, not quite as low as a few years ago but not too bad IMO for those who may need 1 Gallon jugs. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01ID5RXK8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 and what appears to be the same but...

Thought I’d share this…I entered 6 wines for the first time in this particular competition and am tickled to say I won 7 awards (I think) And yes I know this is all subjective.

I bought a 28L Balazs Hungarian oak barrel from Morewine during their 4th of July sale and finally got to fill it up yesterday with an FWK Bordeaux. Planning on leaving it in for 6 weeks or so for this first batch.

I am looking for advice on cleaning my kegs between batches of wine. I’ve been bottling wines I’ve aged in my corny kegs and wondering if a complete tear down is needed like it can be between batches of beer. With beer kegs I’ve always let them accumulate until I have 10 or so and completely...

Title is self explanatory, ends July 4th

I picked up 2 Chilean juice buckets yesterday (1 Zinfandel and 1 Merlot) and pulled samples to check brix, ph, and TA. I bought a testing kit when I picked up the buckets and used a ph meter because of a red/green defect so my fine color vision is not to be trusted. This is the first time I've...

With the exception of one batch of banana wine I've only made kit and canned base wines so far. I want to take the next step and make some wine with 6 Gal. Chilean juice buckets and grapes this spring. I use 10 gal. Brute containers to ferment in and wondering approximately how much volume an 18...

I thought this was interesting, a novel idea I think to intentionally age wine this way. https://www.theepochtimes.com/winemakers-age-bottles-of-red-below-adriatic-sea-for-700-days-for-flavor-of-the-ocean_4036430.html It is a pay site but visitors can read a couple articles I believe.

I keep any extra wine from my first racking out of primary fermenter and usually need it to top off my carboys when on my 2nd rack out of my secondary fermenters into carboys for aging. Today I opened this ball jar to find these floaters on top of the wine. I've done this many times and never...

I used my new Vinmetrica SC-100A yesterday to check SO2 levels. I followed Vinmetrica’s directions and used a stir plate. On my final sample something happened that I do not think is consequential but thought I’d see if anyone might know if this is so and maybe what happened On my final sample...

I don’t mean to brag but want to share this. My 2019 wines won two bronze and one gold medals in this year’s competition. They were the last in each medal grouping but they got in! Waiting now for the scoring sheets to arrive in a couple weeks.

I'm looking to bottle some of my wine in 750 mL punted amber corkable bottles. Anyone know a source for these? I can find flat bottom bottles but prefer a punted bottom. TIA

I just read an article that quotes a Dr. Miguel Cabral, Amorim’s director of R&D, as saying that corked wines do not have to be stored on their sides. He says it is a myth the corks will dry out due to the nearly 100% humidity present in the headspace! The article goes so far as quoting him as...

Understand I am new to seriously making wine and have been lurking and searching here for various concepts and specific information. What I do not see much info or many posts about is using a yeast cake from a previous batch. Coming from a homebrewing background where I have from time to time...

i am a home brewer who has dabbled in winemaking. I made two batches several years ago and put both in cornice kegs to bulk age sealing them with argon so the wouldn’t carbonate. They turned out pretty good. I’ve purchased several kits and am going to try this again. I’m wondering if anyone...

Hello everyone, my name is Jim and I am a new member here. I am a long time beer brewer with modest success at that. I have made a couple batches of wine with a bit of success and have decided to get a bit deper into winemaking. I have noticed, as in many special interest forums, that folks use...