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John from the anything wine-blog met his wife six year ago and since than i guess you can say fell in love with her and her family tradition of making mulled wine. Mulled wine, variations of which
X Winery specializes in Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, but also produces small lots of Chardonnay, Petite Sirah, and Zinfandel. The philosophy of the winery is to produce wines that retail in
I make Glogg every year and bottle it to give out to friends. It's basically mulled wine with a brandy kick. It's very good, served hot with a orange peel twist in a mug. High alcohol tho so you have
...cuvée, and Krug's highly sought-after single vineyard Clos du Mesnil. Sharon from the Sharon's Wine Blog review his magnum of Ruinart rosé wine. Chilling a last bottle of 1996 Pier...
The Paul Bara Brut Millésime 2000 King of wines par excellence, it requires and deserves careful attention at every moment… Every step must be carried out with great respect. There is no
Anyone who is a wine lover usually learns early in life that Thanksgiving is not a time to share your cellar’s treasures. Oh sure, these are the friends and family, that you would donate yo
In 1989, hardly anyone outside of South America had even heard of Chilean wines. Today, Chile is the third largest wine exporter in the world. The vineyards of Viña La Playa occupy some of th
Does anyone have plans for a home made wine filter that wont cost alot to build?
...n a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne 1980. We want to store the champagne but don't know anything about wine/champagne storage. I have read online that light, vibration, temperature, humidity and posi...
I started two 5 gallon batches of Welch's Grape juice wine per Jack Keller's recipe. The initial hydrometer reading was around 1.098 or approx. 13% alcohol. I made it directly in the carboy and cove
I recieved a gift of a bottle of wine from a relative recently. I put it in the trunk ( to be legally transported in my state) and I forgot about it. BY the time I remembered it, it was frozen an
when making some cherry wine, i used whole frozen cherry's in the primary. i added water and sugar along with yeast. it was difficult to get a s.p. reading with the cherry's in the primary. after
...ld like to buy a few bottles to put away. My question is, is this a good idea? Does champagne, like wine, get better with age? Or will it go bad? Thank you very much to any who answer....
Can anyone suggest and quick and easy method to sanitize used wine bottles? Does anyone ever boil them in water to sterilize?
The problem with making your own press in the manner of the basket presses is buying and installing the central metal screw. Someone (Joe?) posted a technique for pressing with 3 pails and that seems
Im new here so forgive any dumb questions. I love red wines and champagne. A couple of questions. Can someone recommend a high quality chianti that comes in a smaller bottle? I hate to open a regula
...here goes: My mother-in-law ate a dinner recently where she ate some old ham and drank one glass of old wine. The ham was about 5 days old (sat out unrefrigerated for at least an entire day during Eas...
We like to reuse wine bottles that we bring back from wine festivials for our own wine. Is there something we can use to make it easier to remove the labels? We have tried soaking them and using bak
I have made a kit wine (Alexander's Cab Sauv), which I will be bottling soon, and from the tastes already at my last racking, not bad. I am now thinking about the next one. At first I wanted to do a
I am new to the art of winemaking.. as a matter of fact this is the first year i am doing it. A friend of mine taught me the basics and I made my first batch of raspberry wine with him in my prescenc
...l I would have to do is distill it (in my dreams of course)to produce Vodka. Also, I know you can make wine's from Frozen Fruit Concentrate, does this include Orange Juice Concentrate? If so, 2 cans ...
...s, but someone at one of the local upscale stores mentioned in passing that scotch does not age [like wine] after it has been bottled. Is this true? If so, then what`s up with the "buy a bottle n...
...ng it for whisky since I recently began drinking scotch. It seems appropriate (noticeably better than a wine glass, for instance), but if a single malt glass would be better, I'll make the investment....
Just a quickie for you wine experts :) Does boiling remove the alcohol from mead/wine, and if so, how long should it be boiled? Thanks in advance
what is the differance between apple wine, and hard apple cidar?? email: daveallyn at bwsys dot net please respond in this forum so others can share your wisdom as well!
I've been lurking here for a few weeks and reading everything I can get my hands on about cranberry wine. Never having made wine before, I was intrugued with Roxanne's recipe (see below). But as m
Found something good today. I have had plans on making my own wine press for a while making the press out of wood and using an inexpensive hydraulic press instead of the clumsy screw type which mak
I am looking for a wine pairing for Chicken Piccata. Something in the $20 - $30 range. I am not looking for the perfect wine to match it with, just a good style of wine, if that makes sense. Search
I am about to make peach wine using this recipe... http://www.defalcos.com/peachapricot_wine.htm In part 3 it says to "Cover the fermenter with the lid and air lock or with a sheet of plastic tied d
I have 3 fruit wines making and I want to know the best way to make it flavorfull and sweet with a good kick. Is the best method to feed the yeast with a 1/2 cup sugar and rack every 3 to 4 weeks (or
Can anyone tell me what the normal measurements are for the capacity of different types of wine glass, e.g. sherry, brandy, liqueur, and other sizes? Thanks in advance, Yours sincerely, Robin.
Hi everyone- work at a wine store in St. Louis that has a small, but good selection of Single Malts, and blended scotches. Recently we started carrying a scotch by John Barr (from Scotland...dist
I have been given some of this, 12 cans to be exact. Can a decent wine be made from this? I see Jack K has a concentrate recipe for Welchs, but not sure this is the same type. Could I use that reci
[IMAGE] I have made black rasp. wine for the past 8 years, and most of that has been fantastic. This year I made a larger batch, because I always ran out in the past. Went thru the whole process and
I've been looking online for sources of high proof alcohol so I can make a late harvest port style wine this year. All I can come up with is everclear and various 151 proof rums. I'd like to do this w

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