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AZ Wine Makers Meeting on Aug 27
Arizona Wine Makers will be meeting in Mesa, Arizona this Saturday (August 27) at 2:30PM. All members are encouraged to attend. If you're in Arizona and you're not a member, why not join? If you are a...
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Irrigation during drought
I keep wondering if this site is going to continue with all of its spam content now,but hope this still works. I have a small vineyard (30 vines) in Herefordshire (SW England) situated on a south...
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Fermenting seems stalled
I am making a 5 gallon batch of Rhubarb-Raspberry wine. My initial SG was 1.10 after removing pulp bag and topping off. After fermentation for 4 days the SG was down to 1.04 and I racked into a...
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Wine Labels info
Just wondering about wine labels... How do you label yourhomemade wine? I have gotten labels from and have been very happy with them. I have used Avery disign pro software to make a label and am...
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Finally getting last year's wine bottled
I'm really late this year in getting my wine bottled. I just did 36 bottles of blackberry wine two weeks ago, and another 40 bottles of cherry wine this past weekend. I've still got 5 gal of peach...
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Plum wine query
Hi there! We have a surfeit of plums this year - and very nice they are too! - but rather than letting them go to waste, I was wondering how easy it'd be to make plum wine? I've found a few recipes...
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Ripening Foch
I noticed this morning that my Marechal Foch grapes were turning purple already. This seems very early, being late July, but it has been horribly hot here in Baltimore for the last couple of weeks....
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Pinot Noir tips and help?
I have made a few wine kit before but am still pretty new. My wife purchased a William’s California pinot noir wine concentrate for me as a gift thinking it was a kit. I was kinda excited because I...
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Fizzy?
Executive summary: Tried a bottle of the Shiraz I made in January... it seemed just a tad fizzy. What did I do wrong? Detail: I started it on January 29, racked it February 3, racked again February...
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New Champagne Yeast?
I was at a local winery this weekend and the owner told me about a new type of champagne yeast he saw at a trade show recently which makes riddling easier. According to the vendor, whose name he...
 
Greetings - 1st batch funny story
So, I started my first 6 gal batch of wine ever a couple of weeks ago. (although I've brewed a few batches of beer before). A cheap kit - Vino Del Vida - Pinot Grigio since it was my first time...
 
Fruit press
Made wine just a couple times and thinking of getting a press, does it have to be a wood press or will cast iron work. Everything I have read tells me to never let wine touch metal, or not sure which...
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Sweetness
I have been making some Orange wine. After a couple of months I've tasted it and it sure is sweet. Should I add some more yeast?
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Oak Chips to Kit.
Hello All, I am new to the wine making process. I am starting my first kit which is a wineexperts Mezza Luna Red. I noticed it came with 2 packets of oak chips. After reading the instructions it seems...
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Know your blueberries - make better blueberry wine
Thinking about blueberry wine this year. It's still early, but I'm using the time to gather information about blueberries. Here's what I have so far: There's good data on soluble solids, sugar, and...
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