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

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?

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...

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...

So I was sittin around the house Sunday punchin my must when I had a brilliant idea for a business. I started thinking about it more and more and decided to google it to see if it existed. It seemed like such a good idea that it must exist, but I couldn't find much about it and certainly nothing...

Free wine = happy wine. Came up on 100lbs+ of wild plums. Figured I would make wine out of it, naturally. Any words of wisdom before I set forth into the ferm? I only have EC1118 yeast right now. Saw another thread with a link to some recipes. Might do the first or second recipe.

Have any of you had problems with gofers eating your vines? I just planted my vineyard on a hillside and saw a bunch of pushed out dirt under one of my plants from what must be a gofer burrow today. How worried should I be? What effective methods have you heard of for vacating these pesky...

I have been going back and forth on what to do... I live in an area with relatively hot summer days and we don't have AC. This is obviously an issue for storing my wine and fermentation vessels. Right now, I have 3 carboys in a large plastic bin full of water and I replace a frozen water bottle...

This grape vine came with the house and we have done very little to help it thrive. Now that I planted a backyard vineyard and am getting into grape growing, I am noticing that this vine may not be doing so well. It has black spots on the shoots, some leaves are curly and crumpled looking, and...

Hi, new home vintner here and had a question about what our musts/wines should taste like at different stages. I am worried that when I taste my must or young wine, I will not have the experience to know if it needs adjustment or just needs to age. How should I expect the flavors to evolve...

Hi all, I got into wine making last month and just started my first wine from scratch. Saw you all talking about some interesting stuff here, so decided to join. My first wine is with some beautiful strawberries from the farmer's market. Unfortunately I followed the directions on the wine...