Winemaking Craft Forum

Italian Home brewers

During a recent trip to Italy I spent some time with some home brewers of wine. Their consensus was that corks were bec...

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posted by blank

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What's a good beginners guide to wine making?

And I mean beginners, other than coming from grapes I know nothing about wine. :) I've been making beer for a while and...

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posted by EddieHaskel

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Cab Sav Port --> Extended Maceration

Looking at making a small batch of Cabernet Savignon Port this season. Yeast will be Preimer Cuvee and sugar feeding to...

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posted by midnight

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mold in primary fermentation stage

I have been making wine from grapes at home for several years and never encountered this problem. During the primary fe...

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posted by orlando.villella

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Beginner question - MLF

I'm making my first batch of wine from grapes. I've done it once before from a juice kit. I'm now 4 days into fermentat...

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posted by lukespence

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Wine drinking dangerous ???? :-(

Hi folks. With all the problems with alcohol seemingly rampant in the UK lately - for various reasons, cheapness, acces...

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posted by black.cat

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Juice Bag Has Small Leak!

I think I know the answer but I'll still ask the question. I received a 16 liter wine kit today. The outer box was inta...

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posted by jrbno

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Was - another winemaking calculator

Hope this works this time.......... Ooops...Nope. With the alcohol gone, seems I would have to add 3 points to the diff...

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posted by ploegman

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Staggered fermentation

Has anyone ever tried doing a staggered fermentation for lack of a better term. For example crush a bushel of grapes, p...

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posted by pinodiuva

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Schonburger white wine(UK)

Hi all, I have just joined this group and am seeking advice about maturing and storage of wine.I have about 30 vines on...

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posted by michael.ibbotson

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vinnator pump parts

I have a ferrari group vinnator pumps for sanitizing and rinsing wine bottles and a plastic part on it has broke. is th...

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posted by tater1337

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Charles E - video

Charles E I have a very nice video on how to remove a cork from a bottle but have no where to post it so the folks in t...

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posted by ploegman

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H2S in my Chardonnay - Did I catch it in time?

I'm cool fermenting a 1/2 ton of Chard in two stainless steel tanks, using ICV-D254 and a temperature around 12 degrees...

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posted by darin.m.young

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Fermentation not starting

Hi all I put on an Orchard Breezin wine kit on tuesday evening, and it's still not showing any signs of fermentation. I...

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posted by scottluby

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Bulgarian Wine Kits

Hello All, Do Bulgarian Wine Kits exist? I am specifically looking for a Melnik kit. Thanks, Steven

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posted by rexxo17

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