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Can someone help describe what’s happening to my leaves? I’ve noticed this grey part on some leaves which caused some to wrinkle up.

I would love to make a sparkling blueberry wine, has anybody gotten any history with this? Even without the sparking part how much blueberries would one need to make a 6 gallon batch? Can i use store bought? How much sugar/ water to add? Could i use bentonite during the primary ? Thanks for...

I have a extra Carboy and a bucket! I was debating a nice Apple cider with a cinnamon touch , whatever recipe y’all are thinking of please allow for a 6 gallon bucket/carboy. What do y’all like to do on the side?

During the primary fermentation is it safe to say any bucket or object that can hold the liquid will do? Knowing whatever that will be used will be cleaned and sanitized? I like the carboy for the secondary but trying to figure out what else I can use.

If I were to bulk age majority of the time and plan on having a bottle of wine at a certain day when should I bottle it before that certain day? how many days on the low end does one need to have a wine bottled before drinking? I plan on giving the time at least 3 months in a carboy, my mothers...

Just asking out of common curiosity what’s the longest you’ve aged your wine in bottle before drinking? I understand you would want to bulk age for the most part but will aging your wine in bottles another 6 months add 6 months of more flavor as opposed to 6 more months bulk aging? just...

Recently bought a wine kit that calls for 4 weeks and wondering in that secondary fermentation could i extend the time? What precautions would i need to worry about if i were to go another month or so? Is that something you have done in the past? Also I’ve seen when people add stuff during...

If you were to buy a kit and want to add your own sides could you do that? Ditch that wood they give you and sub it for some wood you may have instead? How does one go about soaking such wood in whiskey then adding it into the wine? Would that be during primary fermentation or secondary? What...

I currently just started my journey and very excited for the future! I have my primary fermentation going at the moment with a tight lid and a airlock- that’s what the instructions told me so that’s what i did. ( however i have seen a lot of debate on whether to not have a airlock or keep a...