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I too recently started a batch of strawberry wine. I used Jack Kellers recipe/instructions from his "Home winemaking" book with Daniel Pambianchi Circa 2021, ppg 152-153. I tripled the recipe as follows- 10.5 lbs frozen strawberies ( from my Garden) 5.25 lbs turbinado surgar(dissolved in 6...

When bottling wine, does it matter what size bottle is used? The reason I ask is because I’m thinking of using both splits (187.5ml) and regular (750 ml) bottles so that I can use the smaller bottles for tastings throughout the aging process. I know that Whisky ages/matures faster in smaller...

Where does everyone source their bottles and corks from? I’m looking for 187.5ml splits to use for tastings instead of opening up full 750ml bottles during bottle aging.

I inherited 3 black/ blue grape vines with the horse I bought 3 years ago. How can I ascertain what varietals they are? My local extension office stopped doing so analysis so, I believe I’ll have zero luck getting them to test them for me.

Let me try this again! Newbie from Michigan. Last year I harvested one 150 lbs of concord style grapes from my arbor (vines were in the garden when we bought the house), and over 100 lbs of strawberries that we planted. Sold most of the berries that we didn’t eat, Ana turned the grapes into 6...

Getting ready to start a 3 gallon batch of strawberry wine from my garden berries from last year. Using Jack Keller’s winemaking recipe for one gallon, scaled up to 3. Questions- 1. What should the starting TA be for the must prior to pitching the yeast? Or does it matter? 2. Post...