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Planting home vineyard

I have decided to plant a small home vineyard (24 vines) in the spring, so I am starting my planning now. I want to hav...
7 comments posted 23yrs
posted by falling_h20
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by falling_h20

pH of California Juice

I usually buy my grapes or juice from the Niagara Region here in Ontario as I live near the area. Due to a terrible win...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by glenduffNOSPAM
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by glenduffNOSPAM

Filter before barreling

I have about 250L of wine I wish to put into a barrel, however it still has a lot of suspended solids in it... is it a...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by spam.chhorsel
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by spam.chhorsel

Muscat Ottonel adjustments

Pennsylvania is having a miserable grape year. I got some muscat Sat that had the following readings: Brix: 18.2 TA: 1....
7 comments posted 23yrs
posted by ptmcnally
7 comments posted 23yrs posted by ptmcnally

Raising RS

I have a pear (1 gallon batch) wine that I'm about to bottle. It is quite dry. I want to raise the residual sugar to be...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by wilster
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by wilster

Smelly Apple Wine

I have a 5 gallon batch of apple wine that has been racked after primary fermentation, and is ready for the next rackin...
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posted by d_shooter1
10 comments posted 23yrs posted by d_shooter1

Stirring small batch wine to eliminate CO2?

I made some nice kit wines last year that I recall had instructions to stir vigorously at some point to get rid of CO2....
5 comments posted 23yrs
posted by jp
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by jp

Wine contest

My wine club, The Greater Kansas City Cellarmasters, has an amateur wine and mead contest every November. This is our f...
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posted by billfrazier
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by billfrazier

Cheap oak "cask"

So I'm really only a small-scale hobbyist... I make a gallon here and there of various fruit wines when my organic food...
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posted by matthewshepherd
12 comments posted 23yrs posted by matthewshepherd

Occasional wine kit maker needs advice.

Greetings, a sometimes lurker here who makes the occasional wine kit. Always amazed at the knowledge and the depth of i...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by mike72903
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by mike72903

Rockin My World

Well here I am.... a beer guy making wine...who wouldv'e thunk it. Everything is going quite well. My 1/2 ton of Amador...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by BrewerBob
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by BrewerBob

Re: How to adjust TA?

> I have a few wines going from CA grapes and juice, that I (think) have been > measured correctly, and are around .55...
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posted by negodki
6 comments posted 23yrs posted by negodki

Fast or Slow Malos

Assuming the goal is to maximize the reduction of TA, is there an argument for a faster vs. slower malolactic fermentat...
5 comments posted 23yrs
posted by michael
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by michael

Q: about 2ndary fermentation of home grapes

I found a straightforward online how-to for making wine from my own grapes. Here's the link: http://www.winemakermag.co...
6 comments posted 23yrs
posted by jp
6 comments posted 23yrs posted by jp

Re: one more must analysis question

Lee, You are not far off from my numbers on Central Valley juice from Regina. I did a little experiment this morning on...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by joe_sallo
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by joe_sallo