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Thank you!! This is great. I think I'll try them all!

Nice. Which areas would you consider to be up and coming?

Thanks, I'll check out some WA and Paso Robles wines. I heard Willamette Valley in Oregon is up and coming for Pinot Noir too. It would be cool to buy some wines from up and coming areas like this.

That's a good idea. I definitely want to buy some that have aging potential, perhaps even some that might turn into good investments. Is it common that a bottle of wine increases in value over time or is it rare and you have to buy specific brands? What would I look for if I wanted to buy some...

I just redeemed my points for an $850 gift card to wine.com. What should I buy?

Thanks! I built them myself. Had to buy a chop saw and cordless brad nailer to make the job take a reasonable amount of time and effort. They look more impressive from afar. Up close you can see things don’t line up perfectly and there are nails sticking out here and there, but still very...

Thanks! Haha you noticed. The door was actually put in this way since we thought it would be easier to wheel in large carts and barrels. Kinda gives it a bit more space when maneuvering in at a diagonal.

Finally finished the wine cellar after getting some great initial suggestions from NorCal. Can't wait to fill it up with all the wine I will make in the coming years! It is well insulated and has an inkbird controller for a small AC and space heater. Since I don't have much wine to store, I'm...

If I had 3 gallons of a wine that wouldn't start MLF because of SO2 levels being too high... Could I combine it with another 3 gallons of similar must that was post alcoholic fermentation, pre-MLF and contained no SO2? Would that be a good way to get MLF to start by reducing SO2?

Thanks. Will do. I ordered a vinmetrica sc-100A so when I get it, I am hoping I can get away with no h2o2.

About how many SO2 ppm does splash racking remove? If you want to try to reduce SO2 via racking, is it better to splash rack immediately after adding the SO2 or after waiting a certain amount of time?

Wine turned out pretty good. Can't really taste the extra tannin. It has an awesome aroma of strawberry, but doesn't taste like it smells. Tastes crisp, acidic and refreshing though. Here's the label:

Ah, I see; Thanks! I'll cool it off and proceed normally and we'll see later on.

Hi All, the thermometer on my heat wrap fell out of the grape wine must so it kept heating all night. When I woke up it was at as high as 94 degrees inside my fermentation. I can smell there is a cooked aroma - smells kinda good actually, but I am worried I have ruined my wine. Is there any way...

Wow, this wine is already smoothing out beautifully. Cleared up well and label looks great too.

Hi, I planted 11 dormant merlot vines on July 12th, but fear I may not have done something correctly because they are not budding in unison. I let them sit for 3 days in the plastic bag in shade outside before planting to let them acclimate. In reading info on the web, I see that I may have...

Wow how was that wine? Never heard of potatoe wine before! What's it taste like?

Might do this for our strawberry wine

Made some improvements since then... Gonna make part drawings for all the pieces. (only 2x4s, OSB plywood, batting and rigid insulation). It attaches to existing studs and rafters. I think it will cost about $1100 for everything sans the 1000 bottle wine rack. That could be another $1000 easily.

No no- Its the leftover wine after I racked carboys. I just bottled it and made a joke label to let my neighbor have a taste that day.