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Welcome to WMT Adventurous? That means you are trying wild grapes and red bud flowers soon? There are so many choices.

Me, after 4km this morning. - 37°C, no. Wind.

* 0.980 is not a typical gravity reading. To accomplish under 0.990 I would expect extremely high alcohol. This leads to a really...

6 days is not breaking any speed records. Speed depends on nutrients, yeast starter versus no starter, starting SG, and probably most...

Thank you for sharing your expierences. I would love to have tasted your Frankenwine...interesting in that sometimes the field blends...

The problem with replicating a wine is that we can get the varietals, but we cannot get the grapes. Fall 2023 my son, niece, and I...

* I haven’t read any articles but this characteristic seems to exist no matter what sugar. In the wine club the advice is if making a...

You're focusing too much on numbers. Trust your tastebuds. Backsweeten with the F-Pack until you like what you have. Pre- and during...

Thank you so much for that information!! I’m going to have to review my whole process. I didn’t know a lot of this stuff. Good...

I agree with Bob & David. I add toast oak shreds or chips to all red grape wine prior to fermentation. It doesn't add flavor, but does...

I have a higher temperature variation, about 5 degrees above ambient. This includes my reds, which are all fermenting under 74 F. My...

Acid taste depends on total acidity (TA) , ie how fast the acid molecules wash off the taste buds with saliva. In normal ranges sugar...

Well I ended up pruning all but the two most vigorous vines back to 4 buds to try for a stronger trunk. The two that were well above the...

retaste: Tasting notes: Appearance - clear lemon yellow, no fizz (most of these are sparkling. This one isn't.) Smell - very...

retaste from a 1 bottle in my cooler. Here are my tasting notes: Appearance - clear deep lemon yellow, slightly sparkling (i.e. this is...