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Removing floating skins from primary - technique

Hi all. I am doing a SUPER TUSCAN wine kit from Winexpert Selection series. After pouring the concentrated grape juice...

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posted by DAxve1225x

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Napa Valley Floor Fruit

I live in Calistoga and have a neighbor that has 5 acres of Cab fruit on the valley floor. I've tasted a barrel he did...

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posted by page.rick

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Monodale Farms in Hutto, TX

I saw this place come up in a Texas "Pick Your Own Fruit" site. There was an email address and a phone number. I tried...

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posted by rockobonaparte

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fermentation

Hi everyone, I started a batch of white grapes, using cote de blanc yeast on wednesday. Initial sugar reading was 23(af...

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posted by rajivs_p

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Blackcurant wine - whats the best mix

Hi, I made blackcurrant wine over the last 2 years but found that the blackcurrant taste was a little too strong for me...

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posted by A02884

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corny kegs

Do stainless corny kegs make good long-term storage and transport vessels? I am going to move and have 3 batches in sec...

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posted by alex-brewer

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corny kegs

Do stainless corny kegs make good long-term storage and transport vessels? I am going to move and have 3 batches in sec...

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posted by alex-brewer

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Orange wine

Yesterday when I was checking a bottle and I found it had a lot of fine particles floating in it. Also some tartrate cr...

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posted by crh-nospam-off70

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Puzzled - please help!

Just bottled three different Pinot Noir Blends. One has shown some form of sediment that the other two haven't - almost...

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posted by robert_woodard

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ice wine or dessert wine recipe

I have been searching for a dessert wine or like ice wine recipe for apricots or like wise fruit. Please let me know if...

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posted by jhalwa

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reasons for winemaking

I read a lot of the posts here and everyone seems to get involved in the process of "getting it right" and in this proc...

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posted by who

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Acid levels

Hello. I have two strawberry lots now underway in primaries - one with a TA of 0.3 and the second, 0.6. The .3 seems low...

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posted by jw.etmore

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Juice/concentrates from Musca.com

Has anyone used juice or concentrates from Musca.com? The prices seem very low ... how is the quality? Thanks

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posted by trapbum

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Vine growers; experience with Kaligreen?

anyone have experience with Kaligreen? Some questions; * How efective is it (one spraying versus multiple sprayings) *...

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posted by replytogroup

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cutting racking wand losses

This is somewhat of a companion question to my previous post..... By the time of bottling my one gallon batches are alm...

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posted by snpforwine

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