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I help out at a vineyard north of Detroit. Check out Minnesota University for Cold weather grape varieties. My suggestions are Petite Pearl, and Marquette, both reds., Also Frontenac Blanc for white.

I've not had thin results as yet with my bucket wine. Though I don't touch it for 6 months or longer after making it, and add 2 lbs of crushed grape skins during fermentation, or Zante's raisins. I do notice that store-bought wine stains my teeth. I think it's the color additives that they...

I assume everything is contaminated and needs to be disinfected. If I receive a shipment I use work treated gloves to bring it to a disinfected area that I use as my decontamination chamber. I wipe the bottom of box before sitting product down, Then I wipe all sides of box, and start peeling...

Available in-store Flour, yeast, but the baked Bread aisle cleaned out. hmm, time for homemade bread.

Check out this Youtube video about the Coronavirus and what to do. Buying 2 years worth of TP isn't one of the things to do

Supposedly white wines can be drunk sooner than reds. I give a white at least 3 months after fermentation before I start to drink it. With that said I think pretty much everyone has had a few bottles of wine earlier in the aging process. Try cold crashing a gallon of it. Rack it. Then test...

Here are suggestions Primary fermenters Two five gallon white food grade buckets from Walmart and snap on lids less than 5.00 each Secondary Fermenter 1 five gallon plastic water jug with handles and screw on cap from Walmart less than 9.00 or used 5 gallon water bottlle Hydrometer kit...

I ferment white wines with D47 in a temp controlled basement room 60-61-F. I usually make a yeast slurry if using an unopened pack of yeast. Or ladle lees from a previous wine batch, add to the new main must. Lager yeast, enjoy the cold temps down in the 40's. 60 deg-F is bikini weather...

@RocketBee I bought a 10L Chardonnay Kit from Winelovers late last Dec 2019. Delivered quickly, no shipping fee, plus % discount. I started the kit about 6 days ago 2/20. It came with EC1118 yeast, clearing agents, Bentonite. The Winelovers juice just outta the box Brix reading was off the...

I use a big mouth 6-gallon fermenter. Once the most active fermentation settles down the bubbler doesn't show any action. That is because the fermenter doesn't seal perfectly so the CO2 is escaping slowly through the seal of the cap instead of being forced through the bubbler. The fermenter...

I might be off base here and that you already know this. If there is not enough liquid in the container that you are placing the hydrometer into it will touch bottom. Otherwise, a good kit to look at kit...

If you are curious about adding pepper to wine? When your wine is ready to drink, and you have tasted a glass. Then add a dash of pepper into your next glass. Then let it sit for 15 minutes. The pepper will sink to the bottom. Stir and let it sit for another 15 minutes. Without stirring...

Did you taste test? lol Helped last fall 2019 harvest of petite pearl at a local vineyard. I have a bottle of 2018 PP that was back sweetened with honey. I've viewed some web sites that sell starter vines. I might plant a dozen cold climate grapevines in my Back Yard this coming spring.

Last night I transferred a 6-gallon batch of peach from the primary to the secondary. Primary started 14 days ago, I had sliced up a whole medium size pineapple and added it to the primary 7 days ago. There was a lot of peach pulp on the bottom of the primary and the pineapple was floating on...

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I've read @joeswine posts and gained some good insights myself. Joe has made much wine and has done much experimenting and is definitely a valuable guide during this winemaking journey. @RocketBee I too made a less expensive tweaked white wine that I like better at refrigerator temp (40's)s...

I volunteer at a vineyard. They also sell wine by the bottle and glass. The woman owner is the winemaker, and vineyard-tender., Ages the White and Red wine in french neutral oak barrels. If I dig hard enough I will notice a hint of the French oak on the nose. The wines present smooth, good...

Obviously the skins aren't black and that most likely caused the Tannic bite

I've helped out at a local vineyard, they don't reuse wine bottles or the boxes. They take the bottles and boxes to the local dump. The owner stated that it's a health safety issue and state ordinance doesn't allow it. Plus they don't want to risk anything going wrong. Their very own...

I made 1st and only batch of Banana wine Sept 2019. I used washed 24 lbs(skins 0n) of ripe black splotched bananas. Reduced local Grocery store. (.10ct a lb) I peeled the bananas and put the pulp in one pot, and the Skins in another pot. Added 1.5 gallons of water to each pot and brought to...