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Refractometers and PH meters

I've made fruit wines for 20 some odd years but this year I may get enough grapes off my new vines for a test. I've nev...
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posted by hekdic
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by hekdic

the perfect winemaking space

Ready to start putting together a room in my unfinished basement for my winemaking. About a 90 square foot space with w...
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posted by hobbhavn
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by hobbhavn

Vinometers -vs- Hydrometer

I've been backing down on the sugar trying to get a alcohol around 10-11%. I make mostly fruit wines and generaly start...
3 comments posted 18yrs
posted by sntsauch
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by sntsauch

Information on Gervin & its products?

Does Gervin have its own website? (Searching for "Gervin yeast" and such only turns up sites that sell it.) Also, I hea...
2 comments posted 18yrs
posted by a24061
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by a24061

viticulture advice continued again

I have absorbed though not completely understood all of the advice I have received on this group recently.This week (fi...
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posted by michael.ibbotson
4 comments posted 18yrs posted by michael.ibbotson

origin of booze?

It's easy to imagine the accidental discovery of beer and wine, maybe 10000 years ago. Grain ferments naturally. We mig...
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posted by r_delaney2001
14 comments posted 18yrs posted by r_delaney2001

Defrosting and getting supplies

Hi, Since it is now strawberry season around my neck of the woods (Montreal, Quebec) I froze 4 pounds of strawberries o...
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posted by mhorlick
17 comments posted 18yrs posted by mhorlick

Pasturizing vs metabisulfite

Jack Keller states: "The surest method of controlling yeast variety is to pasteurize the must to 150 degrees F. to kill...
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posted by andiez
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by andiez

Furmint Grape Vines Sought

I've been googling to find a location that sells furmint grape vines without any success. If anyone knows of a vendor, p...
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posted by Pavel314
20 comments posted 18yrs posted by Pavel314

Sean Young, Wine Making, and Moon Shine!!!!

I never tried wine making before but I know of people who make moonsine. I used to make it myself. I actully look like...
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posted by tennessee_tease81
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by tennessee_tease81

viticulture advice continued

Thanks again for all of the advice on my previous post,which will take some digesting,but very informative.My technique...
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posted by michael.ibbotson
10 comments posted 18yrs posted by michael.ibbotson

Looking for a grapevine cutting - chambourcin

Does anyone out there grow Chambourcin? vines. I would really like to try growing this vine. If you could send me cutti...
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posted by agiligson
3 comments posted 18yrs posted by agiligson