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Cleaning Straining bags..bleach ok?

When using a staining bag in winemaking how should you clean the bag....will bleach destroy the bag? Strained blueberri...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospammm
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospammm

Tart Wine

It looks like I will end up with some very tart wine this year. The wine I have started sampling has a very nice light...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by saracejo
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by saracejo

how long might a brisk MLF last?

For the first time, I have a really vigorous MLF going. It's probably due to the Leucofood that I added and the 72 degr...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by lg1111
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by lg1111

Grape from California

My grapes that I buy locally came from California but I don't know exactly where within. I have mainly three producer....
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by s.mailloux
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by s.mailloux

Re: Zinfandel

> > > Zinfandel just goes to prove that a wine does not have to be ridiculously > > expensive to taste like it is a rea...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by knightmist
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by knightmist

Blueberry Sweetening/Flavor

I racked my canned blueberry wine last night and was dissapointed that the flavor was very weak. I was thinking that a...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jjconners
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by jjconners

Andovin vs. Lalvin vs. Red Star

I just received a couple of the Project Holiday Wine Kits from Wine Art. I had made several of these a few years ago an...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by thedumonts2002
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by thedumonts2002

wine kits....

Hi.....after making wine from my own grapes for the past 2 seasons, as well as some zinfindal grapes I ordered thru a l...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jomuam
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by jomuam

Zinfandel

> Zinfandel just goes to prove that a wine does not have to be ridiculously > expensive to taste like it is a really ex...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by newnovelann
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by newnovelann

So far so horrific

Racked my crab apple, blueberry, and apricot off their secondary sediments for some quiet time before racking/clarifyin...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by C2H5OHeart
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by C2H5OHeart

Mold/bacteria

Help I have a red wine in carboys plus some top off. The top off now has a mold or bacteria layer on the surface. I was...
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jamsweb
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by jamsweb

White film on chardonnay

My friend has a white film on his chardonnay in a 2.8 L carboy. Haven't seen it so I do not know if it looks like mothe...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by joe.giller
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by joe.giller

Apple Juice To Sweeten Apple Wine

I have a 5 gal batch of apple wine that is about ready to be bottled. I would like to sweeten it a little, and have bee...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by d_shooter1
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by d_shooter1

% alc calc

I know what I'm reading in the winemaking-FAQ: (Start SG - Finish SG) / 0.0074 = % alc That's easy enough. It's not con...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by C2H5OHeart
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by C2H5OHeart