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Lees 101 questions

#1 I hear a lot about stirring lees to help oxygenate it. But if you're just stirring it around in a bunch of wine, whe...
21 comments posted 22yrs
posted by michael
21 comments posted 22yrs posted by michael

grapefruit wine

i have a recipe for grapefruit wine that calls for water peaches? what exactly are water peaches? or does anyone have a...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by hulkster007
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by hulkster007

Newbie about oxidation

Hello- I am a long time beer brewer but a newbie to wine. My question is about oxidation. After about two strong days o...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by station1677
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by station1677

White fermentation temperature or speed?

I'm curious about what's more important about cool fermentation for whites - is it the temperature or is it the slower...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by dr_pp_
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by dr_pp_

scrumpy?

Can anyone give me a recipe and procedure for making traditional english scrumpy? John
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lmoukhin
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by lmoukhin

Stuck wines

I've made 3 wines this autumn. Blackberry, elderberry and sloe. The blackberry fermented OK but the other 2 stopped sho...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by grum.wright
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by grum.wright

How to sweeten and carbonate my cider

This fall I pressed my own apples. I ended up with 10 gallons of cider aging in some stainless tanks. I took a taste th...
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by gregarpp
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by gregarpp

Applying Wine Labels

I'm bottling 8 kits this week and will be using the labels supplied. What is the best and easiest way to do this? I ass...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by kjss
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by kjss

Agglomerated Corks

I am curious what the folks on this forum think. I have looked at some recent postings regarding corks. Most discussion...
33 comments posted 22yrs
posted by saracejo
33 comments posted 22yrs posted by saracejo

Port Wine Kits

Have made about 10 various wine kits so far, primarily redcs, and decided I would finally try one of the Port Wine Kits...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by insprucegrove
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by insprucegrove

Dom Perignon

I have 6 bottles of 1964 Dom Perignon for sale. 450.00 per bottle for all six.
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by towinz
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by towinz

? about cool fermentations

For the first time, I'm fermenting several whites at a controlled cool temp of 55 degrees F. Obviously, the fermentatio...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lg1111
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by lg1111

pH electrode regeneration with KCl

Inherited one of those pH sticks, sensitive to +/- 0.05, from Whatmann but very much like the pHeps from Hanna. Unfortu...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by renevanwezel
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by renevanwezel

bottling question (wax the cork?)

Hi all, I am about to bottle my first batch of kit wine in about three weeks. I had someone tell me that it is a good i...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mecarey1
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by mecarey1