Just curious- what makes a kit wine drinkable immediately vs one made from scratch (eg pressing the grapes)? Guessing the kit wine is at lower TA which makes it drinkable sooner but has less aging ability…. Am I on the right track? Anything else?
Hello- I have about 11 gallons of Zin fermenting on their skins. Brix is down to 6 but I have to leave town in a few days. What happens if I press the wine before SG goes below 1? I understand I will lose a few days on the skins but won’t it continue to ferment in the secondary? All the...
Hello- I’m looking for some sort of chart that shows average days to ripeness for the various grape varietals. Obviously it can vary from year to year but would still be a nice baseline. Somewhere I saw a reference for cab sav at 180 days from bud break. Would like to see something similar...
