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I agree with the oaking of some fruit wines. I light oaked a dry apple wine, that gave it hints of a chardonnay.

Pokeberry started growing in my yard a couple of years ago. Over the last few years, Mullein. Stinging nettle, Wild Lettuce, and a few other volunteer plants have popped up in my yard. Usually, pull and trash it. Then one day thinking, maybe there is a reason for them and started researching...

I've thought about the topics you mentioned in your post more than a few times.

Welcome aboard. You will find posts for using 'stuff' that you might not have thought could make wine. As far as the wait time? Some recipes on this site are designed for a quick turnaround time. Ask away! Someone will try to help

Maybe adding milk will help. Casein 50 - 250 mg/L of potassium caseinate or 1 - 10 ml/L of low fat milk * Bitterness, browning and pinking reduction in white wine * Over-oakiness reduction in white wine Here is the webpage that contains various finning techniques...

Good buy. When a person is selling good stuff at firesale prices I just pay what they are asking for the items. If they start too high, I will make my best fair price offer, and I tell them so. They either say yes or no. I don't waste my time. You got a great deal.

Wine Tiedyed t-shirts. very interesting

Inexpensive press: Two 5 gallon food grade buckets, and a sturdy lid. One of the buckets (1st one) you drill holes into. That will be the bucket that you place your wine-skin bag into. The second bucket you leave as is and also buy a sturdy lid for it. The second bucket goes into the "1st"...

I saw a site Parallel 44 & Door 44 Vineyard & Winery - Wisconsin that advertised a Petit Pearl blend with 25% Marquette.. I blended some Petit Pearl into a gallon of Marquette. It was tasty. A little percentage of Petit Pearl mixed into Marquette goes a long way. I didn't realize how tannic...

I keep an eye out at the grocery stores for sugar. Usually, Kroger If sugar doesn't move, or they get too much in at one time(shipment), they'll in-store flash sale it. It wasn't advertised. The last time I caught one was 2021 fall. The sugar was in a back aisle on pallets. Here today, gone...

I had a gallon of Home Made Apple wine that oxidized. 16%abv To me it tasted like a dry sherry, that I bought from the grocery store. So, I bottled it (750ml) and use it as a cooking sherry. I used it as a base ingredient or deglazing for some Italian, Asian, and other recipes. Red wine I...

I stocked up when I found 4lb bags of sugar for $1.00 a bag. The yeast gets hungry. Also is used for baking/cooking. Prices have more than doubled for the same weight per bag.

I like the labels. The wine looks clear. You did it good

I make and drink red wine for the health benefits it provides. It's a good a reason as any. Resveratrol the other red vitamin.

You can add sliced banana to give it more body usually for apple juice. Add Raisins to apple or grape. I've added chopped dates, fresh pineapple chunks, fresh sliced peaches, or apricots. Don't overload it. You just want to use the extra's to give the end product a better body/mouthfeel...

Diacetyl is a buttery-tasting compound that is a by-product of malolactic fermentation in wine. Though I'm not too sure how well it works with kit wine. It's part of the Malic acid conversion process. The lesser wine lees also play a role. Hopefully it points you in the right direction for...

Good ideas and reads in the tweaking threads. I began adding adjuncts(other stuff) to some of my beer brews, years ago. I did the same making wine. .. Some experiments turned out well, some ok, and a small amount not so good. I always learn something. I've learned that if I add flavoring like...

Sounds good.

Brown paper grocery bags fit over carboys. I've used Trader Joe's and Kroger grocery bags with good luck.. Some are tighter fitting than others

Commercial off-the-shelf wine labels are a pain. I don't think there is a label removal technique that is a fit-all solution. If so I'm all eyes. There are labels that come off soaked in soapy water. Some labels peel off (leaving residue) if the inside of the bottle is warmed with hot tap...