Winemaking Craft Forum

ego hearted girl

I hope this isn't a significant wine producing area Guinea-Bissau: Beyond Rule of the Gun Africa Briefing N°61 25 June...

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posted by marika5000

0 comments posted 17yrs posted by marika5000

Experience with "Young's Auto Syphon 23 L"?

Just wondering if anyone has tried this device and would like to comment on how it works, how well it works, and how eas...

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posted by a24061

9 comments posted 17yrs posted by a24061

Niagara Grapes for Winemaking

I might have enough room for another grape in my city lot. I have Catawba and Concord right now, two plants of each. I'...

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posted by t2000kw

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by t2000kw

Catawba Grapes for Winemaking

My wife bought me a couple of Catawba grape plants. I will be making a trellis, etc., but I have a question about using...

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posted by t2000kw

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by t2000kw

Tying in of vertical shoots

I grow a few vines in England on the Double Guyot Method.The vines are quite vigorous as they are on ther own roots.( I...

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posted by michael.ibbotson

24 comments posted 17yrs posted by michael.ibbotson

first tasting of 2008 vintage

I went to a BBQ at my Mom's house this afternoon and I took two bottles of my 2008 peach and my 2008 blackberry wine. T...

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posted by jhotemw

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by jhotemw

Scientific articles or papers

Good morning! Can you help me? I'm an italian student and I need to find some scientific articles or papers to improve...

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posted by carlo.massini

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Sparkolloid

I've never had to use fining agents on my wines but I've had a pear wine that didn't want to clear so I used some Spark...

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posted by hekdic

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by hekdic

Picking Flowers for Mead/Wine Flavor

I've made a few batches of rose flavored mead over the years by adding petals to the batch and plan on another batch th...

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posted by pintiha

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by pintiha

Quick wine made from store-bought concentrate

For about a year now, I've been enjoying (what I find to be) some curiously tasty wine made from Langer's frozen apple...

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posted by NotNobody

8 comments posted 17yrs posted by NotNobody

Taking samples with a large syringe?

I've been using a baster (not used for anything else) for taking samples out of demijohns to check the specific gravity...

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posted by a24061

13 comments posted 17yrs posted by a24061

Sherry wine base concentrate

Can any one recommend a good concentrate for sherry wine? I use to use Doradillo or Pedro Ximenex Australien wine concen...

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posted by alcove

0 comments posted 17yrs posted by alcove

Can you help me out and share a wine recipe?

I've started a web site to get people to share their best wine recipes. My hope is people will add a recipe or two and...

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posted by jlambert622

4 comments posted 17yrs posted by jlambert622

Wine making

Some years ago I downloaded a book length file from the web, written by an individual who used to post here frequently....

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posted by johndslocomb

2 comments posted 17yrs posted by johndslocomb

Pear wine

I've got 7 gal of pear wine that has been in secondary since late October. It's still putting out a few small bubbles....

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posted by hekdic

2 comments posted 17yrs posted by hekdic