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... the winery identified as an underserved market. The winery utilizes new technologies along with traditional winemaking to produce wines that have the texture and traditional flavor profile of wines ...
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
Since my skills in woodworking are far less than they are in winemaking, I am looking for some plans/instructions on how to build a wine rack. I am looking to build a bookcase style for wine storage.
...he credentials of whoever repeats the line. The only problem is that anyone who has a beginners knowledge of winemaking knows that acid additions are currently practiced by just about wine producing ...
Hi everyone. Great forum. I'm fairly new to winemaking (2 years) but learning quickly. Can anyone comment on the pros and cons of working with pasteurized vrs. unpasteurized juice? For starters th
...line reading. Anyone care to make any recommendations? I'm looking at Daniel Pambianchi's "Techniques in Home Winemaking", and was also interested in Jon Iverson's "Home Winemaking Step-by-Step: A Gui...
... ago, there was a post about sweet potato wine. It referenced famous Jack Keller's link to the recipe http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques22.asp, and I was intrigued. The instruction for the yeas...
...amount of Blackcurrants required for the recipe below so just wanted to check if someone had tried it. http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/recipe3.asp Jason...
...waste. So satisfied with my kit results, I thought I'd move on to some fruit wine. I'm using a recipe from Winemaking by Stanley Dorothy Anderson. It a fruit base with some grape concentrate for ...
First let me say thanks to all who have posted recipes, advice, etc. I'm new to winemaking. And to be honest I just had to tell somebody about my first batch of apple wine. LOL Suggestions and com
I have just released Version 3.1.0 of my Winemaking software. Thanks to suggestions from users in this group and users of the software, I have added new features and fixed a few bugs. If you would l
...barb". I hope my rhubarb isn't freezery! Jack Keller's site says: "Add the precipitated chalk (obtainable at winemaking shop). The liquor will fizz, but then settle down. Wait 3 hours and taste. If o...
I'm hoping someone can steer me in the right direction. Early in my winemaking career (last fall), I bought a can of Vintners Harvest Blackberry fruit wine base. It was a 96 oz can of blackberries a
...g. Would it be better to add earlier? Would a different form of chocolate and/or cherry be better? Another winemaking friend suggests fermenting cherry and chocolate together before adding, saying ...
... rackings. I have to decide how I want to deal with this juice, so I thought I'd pitch a few questions to my winemaking friends and learn from the group. Before I ask, here are the results I'm after...
I am looking for a freeware or shareware electronic winemaking log. Preferably a windows program. I haven't had any luck so far looking on the net. Does anyone have a good reference?
I'm new to winemaking. So far, I've made two kits, one red (merlot) one white (piesporter). I made the red first, and it's just been sitting in a carboy for about three months since the last racking.
I'm about ready to make my first attempt at winemaking, using a wine kit from Brew King, a merlot. Looks like it should be fun. I read somewhere that adding fruit to a wine kit would be an interesti
I have a question about Campden tablets and when to add them to must. I'm reading "Winemaking: recipes, equipment, and techniques for making wine at home" by, Stanley F. Anderson and Dorothy Anderson
...f plain 'yeast nutient' but don't know if that would do the job. The recipe is C.J.J.Berry's (First Steps in Winemaking) one for 'Golden Dynamite' if you're interested!...
...en "perusing" old threads with regard to the use of plastic barrels for storage of wine and using PVC pipe in winemaking and see you have some experience using this stuff so I will ask you this questi...
...is chummily known in the US. Acidity is not just refreshing, it is great at warding off harmful bacteria and winemaking disaster. In fact the conditions that favour the development of the unpleasant ...
... early 1990s, and the story of the carefully planned viticultural journey from planting specific varietals to winemaking techniques would indeed seem quite odd to Tachis, who relates a somewhat differ...
...st attempt at a "real" wine with a carrot batch. I`m following the recipe from an old Pan paperback on Home Winemaking from England, author`s name and exact title escape me at the moment. Things...
I`m thinking about making rhubarb wien, and know I`ll need to add precipitated chalk, but my winemaking shop doesn`t have it! Is there an effective alternative anyone`s tried successfully? cheers
Last October when I first got started in homebrewing and mead/winemaking one of the first recipes I tried was the Christmas Spice Metheglin on Vicky's site (listed below). I followed the recipe to th
I have a recipe for coffee wine here (from the Pan book of Winemaking, late '60s vintage) that calls for 8 oz. of coffee as well as the usual (orange rind & juice, lemon rind & juice, sugar, s
I'm new to winemaking, with only a few kits under my belt and I'm wondering about something I'm seeing with my wine. After degassing and clarifying and bottling, I'm seeing that even after months on
...the quality of a store juice (usually 64 oz. each) to that of a cheap canned juice concentrate intended for winemaking? Assume that all other ingredients / procedures are normal. I`ve heard of peop...
...avory in appearance, very light weight sediment. One thing I will mention: (remember, we're 'restarting' any winemaking knowlege here!) we had trouble getting the fermentation started in the primary....
...cably slight variations in sweetness when tasting - even though I am using the same juice and methodology for winemaking and the same hydrometer. Some might put it down to variations in the actual jui...
I'm a newbie. I have been reading this forum for months and have learned more about winemaking from current (and archival) posters than I ever thought possible. I truly appreciate the sharing of suc
When using a staining bag in winemaking how should you clean the bag....will bleach destroy the bag? Strained blueberries and want to know how to clean and sanitize bag for next use....appreciate the
I've been entertaining the idea of organising a live chat sessions on winemaking topics for some time at Paul Yate's Vintalk site. I have scheduled a session with the intention of it being a relaxed t
Guy in the classifieds is selling a bunch of winemaking gear including "jerobams." Never heard of a jerobam. Anyone??? - Matt www.man-man.org
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