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Re: red plastic wine bottle plugs

"Susan J." wrote in a message: > Has anyone used these red plastic plugs for bottling their wine? > Thanks. -Susan >---...
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posted by dirtydigger
20 comments posted 23yrs posted by dirtydigger

Harvesting grapes

I bought a new house this spring, and it came with some grape vines! :) I'm a complete newbie, but I've been reading, a...
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posted by gar0u
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by gar0u

wine recpie

i would like a 5gal grape recipe.
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posted by thomasw
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by thomasw

Acidity Question for Pinot Noir.

Dear All Just collected my Pinot Noir grapes. Started a cold pre fermentation and got the juice analysed. Potential Alc...
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posted by mcameron
6 comments posted 23yrs posted by mcameron

blending grapes

I know it is a silly question. All references state clearly to ferment each grape variety separately. Does anyone know w...
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posted by saracejo
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by saracejo

Re: Pineapple Flavor

Bart, you can. It will affect your clearing, though, as it will dump a lot of very fine pulp into the wine. However, yo...
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posted by winemaking
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by winemaking

ANyone from NJ????

Looking got talk with people from New Jersey. I am in North Bergen county. Still looking for a destemmer... can anyone h...
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posted by jheffner
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by jheffner

Measuring Brix

For those of you who weren't aware of it, a hydrometer will give you different (higher) Brix readings than a refractome...
24 comments posted 23yrs
posted by toms
24 comments posted 23yrs posted by toms

Santa Barbara County harvest

I have some numbers from this region: As of yesterday, Los Alamos Chardonnay was at 21.5° Brix and 3.2 pH (average of t...
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posted by toms
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by toms

Re: fresh grapes in ohio

> Does anyone know of a source for fresh juice or alternatively fresh > grapes and use of a press and crusher in Ohio,...
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posted by steve3c
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by steve3c

RE:Kinds of grape crushers

I have a new two roller type. made in Italy, adjustable aluminum rollers, tough plastic gears, stainless steel frame an...
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posted by jorzech
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by jorzech

Winemaking Software

I have just released Version 3.1.0 of my Winemaking software. Thanks to suggestions from users in this group and users...
8 comments posted 23yrs
posted by lazyhill
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by lazyhill

Beginner information

What is a good web site for a beginner to look at for making their first batch? I have 36lbs of Millot grapes to work wi...
5 comments posted 23yrs
posted by showski
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by showski

Corks "bleeding" wine

I am new to the winemaking gig, and just completed my first batch. After corking, I left the bottles sit vertically for...
11 comments posted 23yrs
posted by JTM
11 comments posted 23yrs posted by JTM

tweaking recipe and procedures

Almost brave enough to start my blueberry and apricot musts. I decided to follow Stanley Anderson's recipes this time a...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by C2H5OHeart
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by C2H5OHeart