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?? Off-Season Care of Press ??

Over the years, I've tried a number of substances to protect the screw of the press from one season to the next: glycer...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by vpn1
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by vpn1

oak barrels

I'm in need of oak barrels. I am looking for a quality supplier that sells at a fair price. I'm an amateur not a commer...
5 comments posted 23yrs
posted by rlh54
5 comments posted 23yrs posted by rlh54

Re: First time from fruit

> This is my first time making a wine starting from actual fruit. I've done > a lot of kits but I thought that it was t...
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posted by scot_can_be_e-mailed_
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by scot_can_be_e-mailed_

First timer with questions

Hi all, This is my first time attempting to make wine. I am currently preparing to make my first batch using a kit of M...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by mecarey1
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by mecarey1

How Do They Know?

This has been a very wet Spring in Maryland. Three years ago, I planted some Traminette and Foch vines in hopes of maki...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by Pavel314
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by Pavel314

Hydrometer readings

My question is about hydrometer readings in country wine. I've been using the various recipes but now want to move on a...
6 comments posted 23yrs
posted by gsmith81
6 comments posted 23yrs posted by gsmith81

Re: longest fermentation?

> I'm wondering what is the longest fermentation you have encountered. I > have a couple batches of mead that are still...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by toms
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by toms

Basket press size

After years of making wines from fruit and grape juice,I'm moving on. This year will be my first attempt at making wine...
2 comments posted 23yrs
posted by bgsev
2 comments posted 23yrs posted by bgsev

Look here for wine jobs and wages

Have a look at www.wages.com.au for jobs in the wine industry and wage rates.
0 comments posted 23yrs
posted by b
0 comments posted 23yrs posted by b

wine from pie filling???????????????

My local supermarket has catering size tins of black cherry pie filling going cheap. Is it possible to make wine from it...
4 comments posted 23yrs
posted by mick
4 comments posted 23yrs posted by mick

Re: Lables

Any CD ROM containing clip art *will offer scores of ideas. A little skill with a graphics program such as MS Paint wil...
1 comments posted 23yrs
posted by bmcc
1 comments posted 23yrs posted by bmcc

Re: To sulfite or not to sulfite, that is the question

> Ok, this may fly in the face of conventional wisdome, but I have to ask > this question. Since I started making wine,...
8 comments posted 23yrs
posted by scot_can_be_e-mailed_
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by scot_can_be_e-mailed_

Re: Dried Black Currant Wine recipe

get back to you. are you interested in other types other than the ones you have stated. Stephen. : Does anyone have any...
3 comments posted 23yrs
posted by stephen
3 comments posted 23yrs posted by stephen

modifying siphon tip?

Has anyone succesfully modified that inverted plastic tip that is on the end of so many siphoning canes/auto-siphons? I...
8 comments posted 23yrs
posted by camel_jockey_number1
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by camel_jockey_number1

How do you sanitize your bottles??

I'm starting to bottle last year's vintage, and I wonder how everyone sanitizes their bottles. My local brewshop recomm...
8 comments posted 23yrs
posted by lg1111
8 comments posted 23yrs posted by lg1111