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ROUND 3....REMEMBER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADDING THE FRUIT IN THE PRIMARY OR S
HERE’S MY TAKE ON BLENDING, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS TO ESTABLISH WHAT IT IS IN A TASTE PROFILE, YOUR TRING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT TYPE OF FINISH YOU WANT YOU’RE PROFILE TO HAVE.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED THE PROFILE AND FINISH LOOK FOR BLENDS THAT REALLY GO WELL TOGETHER, THAT MAKES WINE BLENDING A WHOLE LOT EASIER.

EX: MAKING A CAB AND MERLOT BLEND IS EASY RIGHT! BUT IF YOU’RE A KIT PERSON NOT SO. A WINEMAKER WHO USES GRAPE AND OR FRESH JUICE HAS THE ADVANTAGE OVER US, WHAT TO DO? UNDERSTAND? SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW AND HOW DO WE GET THERE.

BLENDING CONSIST OF A TWO DIFFERENT WINES OR MORE HAVING SOME OF THE SAME CHARISTERICTS YET DIFFERENT ENOUGH IN THE BLEND TO STANDOUT ON ITS OWN IN RESPECT TO THE OTHERS ROLL IN THE MIX.USUALY THIS IS ALL DONE AFTER THE WINES ARE COMPLETED AND READY FOR BOTTLING.

KIT MAKERS CAN DO ALL THE SAME MOVES ONLY GOING DOWN A VERY DIFFERENT AVENUE, IF YOU THINK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THERE IS NO REAL DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE THE BASIC CONCENTRATES TO WORK WITH AND DEPENDING ON THE VALUE OF THE KIT A LARGER AMOUNT OF VERITAL JUICE THEN CONCENTRATE,ADDING FRESH MADE FPACS TO THE BASE OR ZEST TO THE SECONDARY ALONG WITH THE ADDED AMOUNTS OF OAK,OAK DUST AND TANNINS ADDED ALL ALONG THE WAY. OUR VOLUMNES ARE SMALL ENOUGH TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION AS LONG AS WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE BASIC WINE RULES AND SANATATION THAT’S REQUIRED,WE CAN CHANGE PERTTY MUCH ON A DIME AND DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO OUR PRODUCT.

LET SAY I WAS GOING TO MAKE A BLACKBERRY PINO NIOR,THE FIRST QUESTION I ASK IS WHATS THE PRIMARY FLAVOR AND WHATS THE SECONDARY.DEPENDING ON WHAT PROFILE I WANT THE WINE TO HAVE (TASTE) WILL LET ME KNOW WHO IS THE LEADER IN THIS DANCE, THE PINO OR THE BLACKBERRY,IF I USE THE PINO AS THE BASE AND THE BLACKBERRY FPAC IN THE PRIMARY THEN THE BLEND SHOULD BE A PARTENERSHIP OF FLAVORS,IF I USE THE PINO AS MY BASE AND THE BERRIES IN THE SECONDARY THEN THE BERRIES BECOME THE BACKGROUND.

I want to make a pinot Gris, from California and wanted to create crispness and a better bite to the wines finish, I would finish out the wine making sure I first had good abv. At the finish then either in the secondary or as a closing step a couple of weeks before bottling I would add the zest of 1 grapefruit or lemon to the wine and allow it two sit to infuse its acidity and freshness to the wine, then rack and bottle.

Making your own fpac from fresh grapes whenever and where ever you find them adds a better mouthfeel to the finish.

There are a lot of different ways kit winemakers can infuse, enhance and create our wines to have a touch of our own hand in the making but you must take the time to plan your work and work your plan, and always think outside the box.






ECONDARY?
 
SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE AIR FOR THE FALL TO COME A TOASTED MASHMELLO PORT WITH A COFFEE TWIST.
 

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PHASE#2................................NOW IHAVE LET THIS DREW SIT FOR A WHILE SO IT'STIME TO TASTE AGAIN THIS IS A WINNER..
 

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PHASE #3...............................REALLY NEED KIT
 

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White wines to me are simple to do you don't have to over think them just nudge them along, this wine is a blended white ,call White Pacific Quartet. Add a little zest and kick up the ABV> if you want and make wine follow the flow.
 

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Phase #2... keep it simple drink it young
 

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How's the Pacific Quartet? Taste and aroma and how sweet did it end after f-pack addition after fermentation??
 
I haven't done this in a long time ,today was my first taste of the WINE EXPERTS FLUME BLANC..lots of juice in this kit ,even though I added a white grape fpac to it ,that's just me , I have to say this kit when finished is worth the bucks ,REALLY. Moved the ABV. up to 13% and it didn't make a dent in the smooth dry finish ,NICE KIT.
next week I'll bottle and show you the finish product,,,
 

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Hello, all dears winemakers. I'm not an incredible newbie in winemaking and bought Winexpert Eclipse for a present for my pal, he is from Texas and he wants to start winemaking business. Who can tell, maybe it's better to add something to my order basket? I only buy from this guy, because I trust him. P.S. Friend's birthday would be in the middle of summer, so that's a deadline to answer and if everything would be ok we would have a great hang out with wine glasses in our hands.
 
Hello, all dears winemakers. I'm not an incredible newbie in winemaking and bought Winexpert Eclipse for a present for my pal, he is from Texas and he wants to start winemaking business. Who can tell, maybe it's better to add something to my order basket? I only buy from this guy, because I trust him. P.S. Friend's birthday would be in the middle of summer, so that's a deadline to answer and if everything would be ok we would have a great hang out with wine glasses in our hands.

A couple three thoughts:

* This probably isn’t the thread for this post.

* When you say winemaking business, what do you mean? Selling wine or selling winemaking kits and equipment? If it’s selling wine, he should find a good liquor lawyer who can navigate state a federal licensing requirements.

* If your friend doesn’t have equipment, he’ll need the basics to turn that kit into wine.

Maybe repost this in a new thread of its own. You’ll get more response.
 
ok gang this is the perfect example of not paying attention to what your doing and proper time management..
started off with a zin/kit that didn't have any flavor not even a little ,to that I added a strawberry fpac and it was ok at least not a loss something I could give away and not worry about .done
NEXT a grapefruit passion IM kit every thing was going ok but now I'm pressed for time. Miss reading the label on the ZIN, I then racked add the chems and fpac to the mix now I have a ZIN with a grape fpac and a grapefruit fpac in it, what a dunce. That now leaves me with a grapefruit IM kit without an fpac. so what I'm going to do is add the zest of a grapefruit to the IM kit and hope for the best,,NEVER RUSH<ALWAY READ YOUR TAGS. and be pre pared to think outside the box.
 
my favorite fugitive....
 

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phase #2.........
 

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my favorite fugitive this wine kit has it all once you message it.
 

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Has anyone done this wine or in the process of ????
 

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ECLIPSE MERLOT, this is just one of many high end kits I've done, and like most not to many tweaks I try to stay to the instructions when kits get this expensive. Follow my process...
 

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Balance to follow.....there are a lot of moving parts with this kit read the instructions and understand the flow of the additives and were they are to come into play..
 

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something new comes my way ,I love wines from SPAIN,here's a real winner. Follow the flow
 

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