Winemaking Craft Forum

Tensioning grape trellis

I saw an article on the web about tensioning the top wire on a high cordon setup grape trellis using a weighted bucket...

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posted by hekdic

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Yeast

Hi, I had some questions about yeast that I have seen in the wine store. There was a recent discussion about sweetness...

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posted by markus***nospam***

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apple blossom wine recipe

I was wondering if anyone had a recipe for apple blossom wine? Or where I could find one? Also could blossoms from a flo...

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posted by wvenables

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Sweetening Wine - Darlene (and anyone else of course)

OK, I just bottled my first 4 batches of sweet wine(well, not counting kit wines), and not exactly happy with them. Tas...

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posted by <jsprague5

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Reaction to potassium metabisulphite

I am wonder if I had an allergic reaction to some potassium metabisulphite. This is the first time I used it, and it wa...

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posted by rockobonaparte

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Wine Labels - what do you use?

Hi! We've talked about how to recycle bottles and remove labels, but I was wondering what labels you all DO use? I use...

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posted by DAve1225

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Drying out my wine

I believe I'm up against a brick wall here- I have been unable to produce dry wine, red or white, regardless of what I...

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posted by purduephotog

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Concentrate as direct replacement for sugar.

I only make a few single 1 gallon batches a year which turn out reasonalble. But I've been given 6 x 1gal sweet white k...

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posted by Teagroup

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rubber bung that fits a 2LTR bottle.. Help!

Can any of you help me out.... I'm doing a project with my kids on bottle rockets and need to find a couple of bored ru...

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posted by mptaylor

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Evaporative Cooling

Rec.Crafts.Brewing uses a wet t shirt to get an average 6 to 8 degree drop on carboys. Comments on the t shirt aside, i...

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posted by joe_sallo

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Evaporative Cooling

Rec.Crafts.Brewing uses a wet t shirt to get an average 6 to 8 degree drop on carboys. Comments on the t shirt aside, i...

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posted by joe_sallo

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Help, Birch Sap Wine.

Two years ago I made 5 gallons of Birch sap wine. Still, today its not all that clear. Either I did do it right, was gi...

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posted by <marierdj

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Best fermentation temperature for blackberry wine?

Hi, I'm on day one of a blackberry/blueberry fermentation. I'm using Lalvin 71B-1122. My goal is a dry wine with about...

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posted by cuminato

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chocklet wine reciepe?

Hi, I have heard of making wine from chocklet, but I want a reciepe before I try it. Can anyone help? Sean

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posted by seanearlyaug

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Clearing

I've read a lot about clearing wines lately. Just wondering what your experiences have been like? I saw some informatio...

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posted by markus***nospam***

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