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Making wine into Vinegar...

I'm looking around and not sure I can find how to make oxidized wine into vinegar. I ended up with 9 bottles of Pinot N...

7 comments posted 19yrs

posted by DAxve1225x

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by DAxve1225x

3 port questions

I am making port and I have french cubes in the 5 gallon carboy according to the instructions. We put the port in Oct a...

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posted by marcortins

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3 port questions

I am making port and I have french cubes in the 5 gallon carboy according to the instructions. We put the port in Oct a...

2 comments posted 19yrs

posted by marcortins

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by marcortins

pitching two yeasts

I recently made an overpowered welches grape, PA 17.5% at birth. I used K1V1116 boht because it is winter and because i...

11 comments posted 19yrs

posted by snpforwine

11 comments posted 19yrs posted by snpforwine

Maximum Concentration?

I want to know how a strong Welch’s wine would taste without syrup/sugar added to the juice concentrate and water. How...

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posted by wine

12 comments posted 19yrs posted by wine

Haze Identification in Plum Wine

I made a Victoria Plum wine at the beginning of last Autumn. It fermented a little quicker than I would have expected b...

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posted by merrydown

6 comments posted 19yrs posted by merrydown

Source of P9-15 Hybrid Grape

Does anyone know a source for a vine of the P9-15 Muscadine/Bunch Grape hybrid? It is described in the book "P9-15: The...

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posted by shbailey

0 comments posted 19yrs posted by shbailey

Wine reviews

A tongue-in-cheek comment from Natalie MacLean in "Wine Speak", Saltscapes/Readers' Digest Canadian edition Sept 06: "D...

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posted by jwetmore

2 comments posted 19yrs posted by jwetmore

Wine Making Forum

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posted by duke

1 comments posted 19yrs posted by duke

New barrel seeping wine

I purchased a new 30gal french oak barrel in Dec. When I filled it with water, it sealed very quickly and only leaked a...

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posted by jgmillr1

7 comments posted 19yrs posted by jgmillr1

Racking and Sulphite

I've got a batch of Carignane wine aging in the carboy right now and have a question about how much sulphite to add at...

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posted by tkcbb77

9 comments posted 19yrs posted by tkcbb77

Mystery plastic pull ring corks that fit non screwcap bottles ?

Afternoon- I'm trying to locate the manufacturer/vendor of a new cork enclosure. I saw it on a bottle of "Woop Woop" Sy...

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posted by purduephotog

4 comments posted 19yrs posted by purduephotog

CuSO4 and Pinot Noir

Had a H2S problem in my Pinot. Followed Margalit's instructions per his book and decided that 0.3ppm did the trick. How...

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posted by jgiller

21 comments posted 19yrs posted by jgiller

Pomegranate Wine update

First racking -- 1/7/7 -- 0.996SG, 0.8TA(*), 74F. Tastes like alcoholic pomegranate juice, albeit a bit harsh. Very dry...

3 comments posted 19yrs

posted by phony

3 comments posted 19yrs posted by phony

more thoughts on PET versus glass permeability

Following from a previous thread on PET versus glass, I observe that the concensus seems on the whole to be thus: Glass...

29 comments posted 19yrs

posted by snpforwine

29 comments posted 19yrs posted by snpforwine