Lynn Sue
Junior
I'm a novice but have experimented over the years with fruit wines. I want to learn how to make a more reliable product with basic equipment.
Greetings from north central Minnesota
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Lynn Sue
Junior
I have made dandelion wine and hope to make rhubarb wine and experiment with other fruit s that I grow on my farm. I like dry wines.
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You are in apple and blueberry and haskap and cranberry country. ,,, ie good stuff!
One of the blue ribbons at state fair this year was haskap made form purée they bought at Minnesota haskap. And it was good.
You are in apple and blueberry and haskap and cranberry country. ,,, ie good stuff!
One of the blue ribbons at state fair this year was haskap made form purée they bought at Minnesota haskap. And it was good.
Welcome to WMT!
Non-grape wine maker here. Leftover home grown tomatoes make a very nice dry wine!
Non-grape wine maker here. Leftover home grown tomatoes make a very nice dry wine!
Welcome. Lots of Midwest winemakers here.
Welcome from the Twin Cities area! Although I am currently in NW Wisconsin for the weekend.
You will find lots of good advice and experience here on WMT! My motto is to learn from others' mistakes because I don't have time to make them all myself.
You will find lots of good advice and experience here on WMT! My motto is to learn from others' mistakes because I don't have time to make them all myself.
Welcome to WMT!
Lynn Sue
Junior
Wow. That's a new one for me!
Lynn Sue
Junior
I have all of those things growing here. I may have to quit my day job
Welcome to WMT!
Keep an eye on your carboys -- a lone carboy can reproduce by itself, and when you have 2? It's been compared to rabbits breeding, but for some (@BigDaveK) it's more like tribbles. You start out with a single batch of wine, and without realizing it, suddenly you have half a dozen or more. You have been warned.
Keep an eye on your carboys -- a lone carboy can reproduce by itself, and when you have 2? It's been compared to rabbits breeding, but for some (@BigDaveK) it's more like tribbles. You start out with a single batch of wine, and without realizing it, suddenly you have half a dozen or more. You have been warned.
Lynn Sue
Junior
I can imagine. This happened with my canning jars!Welcome to WMT!
Keep an eye on your carboys -- a lone carboy can reproduce by itself, and when you have 2? It's been compared to rabbits breeding, but for some (@BigDaveK) it's more like tribbles. You start out with a single batch of wine, and without realizing it, suddenly you have half a dozen or more. You have been warned.
Welcome to WMT! Tons of great information and friendly people here 
Bryan, that may be true (ok, it is) but has any wine maker ever said, "I have too many carboys"?Welcome to WMT!
Keep an eye on your carboys -- a lone carboy can reproduce by itself, and when you have 2? It's been compared to rabbits breeding, but for some (@BigDaveK) it's more like tribbles. You start out with a single batch of wine, and without realizing it, suddenly you have half a dozen or more. You have been warned.
That happened to my canning jars, too!
You'll find, though, that making wine is easier than being sweat-drenched in a humid kitchen with one or more canners going.
My wife has. Does that count?
Honestly, have a 25 liter demijohn, a 54 liter demijohn, and three 19 liter carboys empty at this time, as I won't have room to store the wine if made that much. Yes, I have a very serious problem -- I need more storage space ....
Welcome to WMT from southern Minnesota. I make wine from things that have always grown here; rhubarb wild grapes, chokecherries and now I have Marquette grapes growing and becoming wine next year. In case you didn't know, Marquette grapes were developed by U of Minnesota and do quite well in cold climates. Probably not around International Falls but certainly north of the Twin Cities.
I did, I sold a couple. Then the remainder filled up and now I have more than before the sale.
And a no selling rule.
Lynn Sue
Junior
I have some Marquette grapes. Not producing yet.
