Winemaking Craft Forum

UK vineyards

Hi All. Can anyone recommend a good vineyard to visit this coming summer within the UK? I am setting up a web site abou...

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posted by georgehughes

2 comments posted 18yrs posted by georgehughes

How often to top off a barrel

Hi, How much ullage is ok to have in a barrel? Am I doing more harm than good checking it every week? Thx, Ange

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posted by angelop123

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by angelop123

List participation

It seems that there is much less activity here lately. Are folks moving elsewhere? dick

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posted by hekdic

20 comments posted 18yrs posted by hekdic

Mold on cork

I have been noticeing on some of my older bottles of wine espeacially on the clear glass bottles that there is a bit of...

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posted by dadamico

6 comments posted 18yrs posted by dadamico

q2 - leaving behind the pulp

For reasons I can't even explain, I made a sugar beet wine. To make it, I had to cook the sugar beets and then to maxim...

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posted by jjhenze

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racking 1 gallon jugs of wine

Initially I did 5 gallon batches of beer, and wine is a bit new to me. I have a couple of wines beyond primary right no...

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posted by jjhenze

10 comments posted 18yrs posted by jjhenze

help!!

I live in WA and it has been cold and damp for weeks. I tried to sanitize and rinse my wine bottles, but days later, th...

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posted by westerntreehugger

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by westerntreehugger

Making a more grape style country red

A friend of mine asked this question a while ago but the question didn't really get an answer I could use so I am going...

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posted by merrydown

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by merrydown

Shelf life

Is there a shelf life for pectic enzyme and yeast nutrient and if there is, what is it? I have some but haven't used muc...

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posted by hekdic

1 comments posted 18yrs posted by hekdic

Chocolate Wine

Ok, not a REAL chocolate wine but I thought I would share the following: I got some "Stevia" from the health food store...

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posted by someone

14 comments posted 18yrs posted by someone

another mistake/question

Me again, How about this question? I bought a 50 L barrel a couple of years ago. The first wine I put through was a sec...

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posted by demersonbc

6 comments posted 18yrs posted by demersonbc

another mistake

I made a pretty big mistake this morning. I just bought some frozen Sangiovese grapes and just this morning I added nut...

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posted by demersonbc

5 comments posted 18yrs posted by demersonbc

Glogg recipe

I hope all you are preparing for Christmas and New Years! I have been seeking good Glogg recipes. I googled, tried a fe...

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posted by DAxve1225x

4 comments posted 18yrs posted by DAxve1225x

I hate this time of year !!! :-(

So here in Staffordshire, it's been twilight all day, cold and raining. Just think how miserable it must have been (or...

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posted by black.cat

10 comments posted 18yrs posted by black.cat

UPDATE - CuSO4 and Pinot Noir

So about a year ago, I added 10x too much CuSO4 to a pinot noir to clear up a H2S problem. Lum gave some advice about a...

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posted by jgiller

0 comments posted 18yrs posted by jgiller