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juice wine
how does anyone feel about making wine from store bought wine?like your grape juice you can get at the let me no.
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Enough CO2?
I'm taking 8 weeks to make a 4 week white wine kit. I'm in the process of degassing over the next few days.I periodically check to see if the Co2 is fine by inserting a lit match into the neck of the...
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Bland wine kit
I have had very good results with my own grapes and cans of juice (Alexander) and decided to try a 6 gallon Kit. It is a Winexpert Merlot. I have read repeatedly that a kit should be made exactly...
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Edlerberry and oak
Looking in the archives I found that some people oak elderberry wines. I did not find much information as to how much though. Anyone with experience with this? I have medium and light toast chips in...
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Edlerberry and oak
Looking in the archives I found that some people oak elderberry wines. I did not find much information as to how much though. Anyone with experience with this? I have medium and light toast chips in...
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Aloe Vera Wine
A local store carries aloe vera juice - which sounds like it might make an interesting wine. However, I can't seem to find any information on the web about aloe vera wine. Has anyone tried it? Is it...
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oaking
Would you add oak to the following , all from Juice Cabernet Sauvigan Barolo Amarone Barbera Sharah Burgundy Valdespena Sangivese Thanks, Tom
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Lit it "take the air"
Have any of you heard of this practice of opening red wine and letting it sit with cork off for 30 mins, before drinking??? What's the point?
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Yet another newbie question. About sweetness and S/G.
I bought a hydrometer and test tube today and measured my blackberry (very dry) second racking. The specific gravity is 990 (the very top of the meter). I'm glad I had the tube because I was close to...
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MLF, Oak, Chardonnay, evOak staves- Questions
Good Evening- I've been speaking to a few people here privately around oaking different wines and upon their advice have purchased some Stavin cubes, medium and medium + toasts. My first foray into...
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05 Marsanne is in the bottle
Our first Marsanne harvest is now in the bottle. Bottling day was a delight - the wine is better than we had any hopes for. Merlot and Syrah are on the oak ..... 05 looking to be a nice year.
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talk about Alchemy, this is IT!
ok, so we can't turn lead into gold, but we sure as shit CAN turn sugar into booze, and given the prices and taxes on booze these days, that IS an accomplishment. I want your thoughts on this. What...
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Cleaning an apple press
I have been given a large old oak apple press. It looks as if it was never cleaned and it has been outside for years. What can I clean it with. Should I clean it. Does anyone know
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Qxygen ?
Are fruit wines like my orange-tangerine as sensitive to oxygen as grape wines? Do I have to be as carefull?
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Newbie Question, Alcohol Testing
Last year, I made my first two batches of wine. One gallon from frozen blackberries, and one gallon from fresh figs. I didn't really expect miracles, but I was disapointed in both. I used recipes from...
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