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Cold Stabilization

Well here in the North East it is that time of year. Is any one else up here asking themselves the question; Should I o...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pinodiuva
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by pinodiuva

Dolcetto Juice Source

I am trying to get an early srtart on this for next fall. Does anyone have a good source of Dolcetto juice? I am not equ...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by someone
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by someone

Winepod

Talk about an expensive winemaking kit... My wife told me about this; I missed the episode because I was making it the...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by joe_sallo
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by joe_sallo

7 Fishes

Some of you may have heard of the 7 fishes Christmas Dinner. For those who have not its a dinner in which 7 different f...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by thil
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by thil

MLF Completion

I have a batch of Pinto Noir that it looks like has completed MLF. I innoculated Nov 6 and I can't see any more tiny bu...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pinodiuva
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by pinodiuva

A Story From a Friend

An older friend of mine recounted a story from his youth that I thought I'd share with you. It seems that his parents h...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by greg
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by greg

What wines will you be serving for Chrismas

Okay, it is time to start this one. I always find it fun: What wines (meads) are you serving for Christmas? I will be s...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by gsinews
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by gsinews

Better Bottles... Fight! Fight! Fight!

The UK homebrew market it seems loves PET - better bottles, but doesn't really give a fig for the glass carboy approach...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by merrydown
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by merrydown

pH meter sample question

Ken Schramm mentions (but does not explain why) he takes a small sample of must for pH sampling then ditches it. He say...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by snpforwine
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by snpforwine

Tiny bubbles....

Got a scare today. A couple days ago, I took my two gallons of pomegranate juice out of the refrigerator to bring it up...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by phony
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by phony

Glassware

Hi all, I'm shopping for wine making stuff... like beakers, pipetes, etc., without paying through the nose to someplace...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by phony
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by phony

ML fermentation

I pressed grapes Nov 5 and ML fermentation is still occuring. Is this normal and if not how do I stop the fermentation?...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by Heather.Helix
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by Heather.Helix

Barrel Aging

I have a 12 Gal French barrel about 1 1/2 yrs old and it seems that is out of oak flavor already. I have rotated 4 wine...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pinodiuva
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by pinodiuva

Further on cranberry juice

I want to add about one half gallon of Ocean spray cranberry juice to about 3.5 gallons of an average Merlot. The wine...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by fortasse2
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by fortasse2

Muscat cannelli update

In this message I described the setup to do cold fermentation using a small chest freezer:...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by sacisler
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by sacisler