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I've got seven 5 gallon carboys of a Bordeaux blend that seems to have stopped fermenting at 1.010. I pressed and racked the grapes at 1.022 on 10/10. On 10/13 they were at 1.014 and the last 2 days now at 1.010. I can taste the sweetness still. Should I add a little nutrient to each carboy...

Greetings to this very helpful forum. I divided a pak of SuperKleer across several containers totaling six gallons. My cranberry rhubarb cleared nicely but one of the 750mL bottles of strawberry rhubarb and all three pineapple rhubarb containers have not after a month. This is my last step...

I love this forum, and appreciate everyone's feedback. Here's my question. I made a batch a berry wine in 2020. I added sorbate when I back sweetened and all was good. Two years later, I'm not happy with the sweetness and today pooled the remaining bottles and and added more simple syrup to...

Several years ago as I was new to winemaking I used new but old corks. Now they are dry and difficult to remove. I still have 50 bottles so I think I should just remove the old corks and replace with fresh new corks. Seems like a good idea, is it?? Thanks for the feedback.

Greetings. I love and follow this forum. I have two batches from grapes that have now been below 1.000 sp gr for three days but I am still seeing bubbles in my airlock every 10 seconds. I'm thinking fermentation is done and I can rack off the lees but want to confirm I don't need to wait for...

First, I appreciate this forum and read it all the time. Now I have brownish color in my 5 gallon carboys of Riesling. I noticed air being mixed with the wine when racking. I took the pump apart, cleaned the diaphragm and the pump is good now but the wine is still brown and not clear after 3...

Greetings all. Been following this site a couple weeks and love it. Making my first batch of cherry wine and after fermentation it needs more cherry flavor. I think the recipe I followed didn't call for enough fruit so now I wonder what I can do for more cherry flavor. It's a 10 gallon...