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Getting Started

I hope someone can help me get started. We have moved into a house with a conservatory along the side - a grape vine, v...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by peter
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by peter

Banana Wine Stuck Secondary

I have three batches of wine currently in secondary fermentation jugs (banana, elderberry, and watermelon/peach). The b...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by gwtx2
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by gwtx2

Wine Emergency!!

I went and did a stupid!! I was preparing for my wine making, I ordered malo lactic bacteria, went and got my grapes, h...
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posted by weez1959nospam
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by weez1959nospam

Grenache Rosé

Anyone care to post the procedure for making a Rosé from Grenache grapes, PH, acid ,brix etc... Louise:o)
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by weez1959nospam
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by weez1959nospam

recipe for fonseca Bin 27 port

Is there a recipe for a pretty good clone of Fonseca Bin 27 port. What type of grapes to use, temperatures, type of bra...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by spam
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by spam

Elderberry wine?

I remember reading some people here have made wine from Elderberries. But I saw this earlier ( http://www.hort.cornell....
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by evilpaul
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by evilpaul

destemmer in NJ

Hi again, my newsgroup deletes the messages after a day or two. I am looking to talk to the person who has the destemmer...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jheffner
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by jheffner

Fig wine and redcurrants...

Hi all, I'm just about to make a little batch of fresh fig wine, as per the recipe on Jack K's site. The recipe calls f...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by robin
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by robin

Re: taste-testing party

Hello all, I've got some girlfriends coming over this evening to taste-test some of my wines. We're going to try some o...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ask4it
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by ask4it

Yeast strains for lees stirring

Hi all, For those who lees stir, I was wondering what your preferred yeast strains were for this purpose? (I did post o...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by benrotter
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by benrotter

Bad apricot wine (was "...Pectinase...")

So I added pectinase to the "gluelike" apricot wine I made and described in an earlier post. Waited a week, didn't help...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by arneDOTthormodsen
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by arneDOTthormodsen

Grenache Grapes

Do Grenache grape blend well with other varieties, if so which would be the better choice? I'm planning on doing a dry...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by weez1959nospam
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by weez1959nospam

Ping: Rodger or NG (Nervous Newbie Asks)

Greetings, I'm now on to what my kit calls Stage #3; Stabilizing. So I've stirred added the pkgs. of metabisulfite and...
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posted by reply
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Noobie Carrot Wine Question

All of the recipes I have bookmarked or googled so far make carrot wine by cooking the carrots to retrieve the juice. N...
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posted by midnight
13 comments posted 22yrs posted by midnight