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Hi I have made some winexpert reds and I think that have been very good.I have made 2 whites and have not been impressed.The latest was the private reserve chardonnay,it smelled amazing but that was just something taste wise which wasnt just right.I have also made a LE white Synergy I think...

Hi I have a barbera wine with a pH of 3.82 and TA of 6.9 that I might want to cold stabilize in the future if necessary to make it smoother. Most places that I have read about cold stabilization say that pH 3.65 is the tipping point. The pH value would decrease during cold stabilization if...

I am wondering about the aroma of the Winexpert kits. I have made the private reserve chardonnay and it has a wonderful aroma. I have made several private reserve red wine kits and the aroma is just not there for me.I will say that I have tasted after 6 months so it might be early,but do you...

Like the questions ask what is the best wine you have ever made and why do you think ot turned out so well?Was is the excellent grapes/kit, was it your process/additions, was it the aging or something else? I can start. I have so far done only kit,with the first wine from grapes coming up in a...

Hi I have an enolmatic bottle filler and I would like to bottle half of a chardonnay as it is,and carbonate the other half in a corny keg. What I usually do is that I filter while I am bottling with the filter adapter for the enolmatic,but is there any way to use the onolmatic to filter and...

I thought it might be interesting to see what books about winemaking do you like the best? I can start by saying that I only read Modern Home Winemaking by Pambianchi and I absolutely love it.Reading it for the second time now. I have just ordered 2 more books Red Wine Enology: Tannin and...

Hi I will be making wine from fresh grapes for the first time this year and Im just getting everything ready for september including making a recipe. I will be getting Barbera and Sangiovese grapes,does anyone have any experience of how much do you get from 100lb og grapes? I have ordered 110lb...

Hi I have a question.I will be ordering some grapes for semptember for the first time.The wine will have to go through MLF. I see that there a chromatography kits,but I can only find them in the US and I live in Europe.I cant seem to find any here.There might be an issue shipping the kit to...

Hi everyone I have just finished fermenting a Winexpert Carbernet.The kit came with 2 yeasts ec1118 and rc212. I originally used just the rc212 but a day later still no bubbling.The next day I added the ec1118 and the day after still no activity.So 2 days later I add a ec1118 I had sitting in...

Hi I have a vinmetrica SC100A.After checking the SO2 for my red wine it was at 8mg/L. I need to add more KMS but I dont want to rack the wine because there is no need for it.How do I disperse the KMS is the carboy and mix it so that is evenly distributed in the wine without introducing too much...

Hi everyone I am making the Winexpert Sonoma Valley Chardonnay. I may have changed a bit the process. I fermented half with CY3079 and half D254 yeast. Starting gravity was 1.10. When the gravity was about 1.01 if mixed the 2 together. Now the gravity has been stable at 0.996 for 3 days. Its...

Im making a chardonnay and have a new barrel.Would it be ok to age it in the barrel and then age a brunello in the same barrel afterwards or would it be a problem mixing white wine barrel with red wine?

Hi guys Im making a chardonnay and are aging sur lie.I use a lee stirrer but I find it cumbersome to desinfect it each time before stirring. So far I have filled a PET carboy all the way up with starsan and dipped it inside before each stirring. I read that the starsan solution should be...

Hi I have been looking at the winemakermag competition results for kit wine through the years. What I have noticed and that a majority of wines in the top 10 are some kind of dessert wines,or ice wine, mango, peach,creme brulee etc year after year. What is the reason for that do you think? Why...

Hi everyone I have been reading about the benefits of microoxygenation of red wines, so that made me wondering how to achieve that if not aging in barrels? Im guessing that plastic carboys would offer some levels of micro oxygenation? What about using a natural cork to allow the passage of...

Ok I know this has been discussed before,but I am having a hard time understanding why you should not perform malolactic fermentation with kit wines. As far as I have understood the main reasons seem to be that: - Malolactic bacteria consumes malic acid and converts it into lactic acid changing...

Hi I cant seem to find many resources on making sparkling wine.Im planning on making a sparkling wine from grapes this year, but I am considering giving a go with the Winexpert Sonoma Chardonnay kit before. I am trying to understand what should the wine parameters look like when making...

Hi I have finished fermenting a Winexpert Nebbiolo kit a few days ago and moved it to a secondary fermenter with oak cubes.It has been 2 weeks since I started fermentation and its completely dry. The instructions say to keep the fermenter at 68-77 degrees for around 2 months but this...

Hi I am interested in making a white or rose wine with pinot noir grapes. I have only just started with winemaking and have made a wine from a kit,and had ordered a new pinot noir kit (the normal red wine version). I have recently had a white wine with pinot noir grapes which was amazing and I...