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I can piggy back off of Winemaker81, ultimately it's up to you. How tannic do you want your wine? A malbec probably not as long as a bolder cab sauv or merlot. Doing an extended maceration, leaving the skin and stems on beyond fermentation, will give it that bolder earthy taste. The one thing to...

Like everyone said, I wouldn’t be worried about moving it in bulk. I started a fermentation once with 5 gallons of wine and we decided last minute to go on a camping trip. So, we put it in the RV shower and took it with us. Driving around won’t hurt the fermentation, it’s probably good for it as...

Not sure if this is your first go at it to make wine with concentrate. If not, the process is pretty much the same for all concentrates. If you want a dry wine, which is usually preferred for a zin just let it go until it stops bubbling. You can measure the specific gravity, once it hits about...