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Non Alcoholic Wine

Can anyone tell me how to make a no alcohol wine? I have several people who enjoy the taste of wine but can't have alco...
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posted by acdcs
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by acdcs

Sodium Meta or Pot Meta

Are sodium metabisulphite and potassium metabisulphite interchangeable? Any descriptions of what these chemicals do see...
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posted by acdcs
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by acdcs

Wine contest

My wine club (Greater Kansas City Cellarmasters) sponsors and conducts an amateur wine contest every November. Some det...
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posted by billfrazier
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by billfrazier

Priming Cider with reserve and??? help...

I want to prime my second apple cider when bottling in a couple of days to get bubbles. Though I might use some frozen...
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posted by needleblowbubbles
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by needleblowbubbles

Sterlizing Your Must - Couple of Questions

OK, so I have been making wine from grape for a few years now, and I have never added crushed cam. tables (24 hours pri...
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posted by pete
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by pete

Cab grapes at 19 Brix

Hello All, I have about 1.25 acres of ~35 year old Cab Sauvignon vines in the Sonoma Valley that I took over tending an...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by joe.giller
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by joe.giller

Adding fruit while bulk aging

I ahve a 5 gallon batch of cherry which I started about 8 months ago actually last February that could use a bit more fl...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospamrqdini
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospamrqdini

mixing yeasts

I'm making red wine from cabernet and merlot grapes. I want to inoculate the must today. My local winemaking supplier d...
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posted by jasonch
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jasonch

more fining/filtering questions

I've been making wine from juice for 4 years now, and pretty much do what 'wise winemakers' taught me. My wine is drink...
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posted by golfer318
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by golfer318

Does amount of sediment matter when stabilizing?

When I racked my Reisling for the first time a couple weeks ago it was below 1.010 but there was very little sediment i...
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posted by nospame
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospame

Cost of Zinfandel Grapes

I just paid $27 per 36lb case of zinfandel grapes (Santa Clara). Excellent quality, but wondering what others are paying...
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posted by (antispam)bob
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by (antispam)bob

New Wine Making Forum

We are a new craft forum and are looking for members to join us. The members we already have are a very friendly bunch...
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posted by C
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by C

Time in a bottle

I see lots of wine procedures where they tell you to rack, rack, rack, then bulk age in the carboy. Some for up to a ye...
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posted by cpmflannery
14 comments posted 22yrs posted by cpmflannery

Finger Lakes Juice

I will be traveling in the Finger Lakes The weekend of the 9th. I called Fulkersons as I wanted Vincent juice but they...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ptmcnally
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by ptmcnally

Merlot, Brix, and........oops!

Ok, I'll admit it , I was in a rush, and totally blew off the brix reading before I pitched my yeast and went away for...
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posted by ineedabiggaboat
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by ineedabiggaboat