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Very Very Fast

When I was fermenting that orange wine I was rather surprised that it reached it's alcohol level in four days. I had th...
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posted by tkunich
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Amateur Winemakers of Nebraska meeting

The club will meet at James Arthur Vineyards, Lincoln NE, on Feb. 17 at 6 PM to hear Jim Ballard, their winemaker, talk...
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posted by barth
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When is it finished?

How do you tell at what point is the initial fermentation completed and it's time for you to rack the wine into the carb...
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posted by tkunich
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Fermentation

Can this still be fermenting without the bubbling and frothing?
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posted by tkunich
6 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

What The Heck?

I made some Orange wine according to a recipe on the net. It was bubbling and boiling away merrily for three days and t...
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posted by tkunich
7 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Must

I'm trying to make some Orange wine and it is presently in the fermentation container. The Must is floating to the very...
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posted by tkunich
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Question

At night time the house temperature falls to 60 degrees. Will this injure the fermentation process?
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posted by tkunich
1 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Wine Labels

Can anyone suggest a good source for the wine labels and the software to allow them to be printed up on my HP printer?
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posted by tkunich
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

Oranges To Wine

I have an orange tree full of oranges. But in the San Francisco bay area it never gets hot enough for long enough for th...
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posted by tkunich
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by tkunich

another question about fining

I have 2 carboys of fresh white wine. One was fined with bentonite, and the other was left to settle on its own. In eac...
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posted by lg1111
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by lg1111

a question about when to fine

I'm never sure this group is still active, but here goes: When making a white wine from grapes, I find that the SG is d...
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posted by lg1111
5 comments posted 15yrs posted by lg1111

winepress.us

Anyone know if the site is down? I can't seem to access it this am.
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posted by speek
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by speek

Wine in Romania

Wine in Romania, a photo story By Gabriel Petrescu for Southeast European Times in Bucharest http://www.setimes.com/coco...
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posted by gabrielescu
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first racking directly to oak

Hi, Relatively new to winemaking and wonder why first racking is recommended for carboys before going to oak? I have a...
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posted by newdaysrise
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by newdaysrise

Tomato wine

I started tomato wine and have question , started at 1.085 with hydrometer as per recipe it has to let ferment 5 to 6 d...
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posted by jamesd
2 comments posted 15yrs posted by jamesd