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Thank you for this information. It all makes better sense to me ........ the difference between those wines!

After reading these posts, tonight I went into my little wine room and made sticky notes on each of my carboys. I also listed the date for the next step in production .... June 8th rack into clean carboy. Good advice! All bottles get colored foil so I can tell by looking at the neck / top...

We went to Talon Winery in Lexington Kentucky ..... tasted almost ALL of the wines but my wife really liked this one. We sat in the sun / shade and relaxed.

There was no hype surrounding the new line of kits. I will buy one or two just to try them out and for the fun of making those FWK's.

Well .... can't just leave us hanging! What are the names of these kits? I see you've made the WE Enigma & Carmenere wines and both of those interest me. Once you are finished with starting all those wine kits, later tonight sit down and tell me your thoughts on those two wines as they...

Black Cherry wine infused with a little more infused cherry ... Black Cherry-Cherry!

Agree .... Kits purchased in Nov - Dec of 2022 arrived cold / frozen but middle of May 2023 temps in the mid 80's, I open both styrofoam boxes and the juice was room temperature. Not hot or cold but room temp. I really enjoy making the FWK. Makes me feel more like a winemaker .... can't...

I realize this is a Tavola and Forte sale post but if they are monitoring our conversations my wish would be for a RASPBERRY of some sort. I've found it really difficult for me to screw up a raspberry I won't drink.🤣

Just so you know, standing at the 23l bucket smelling the fermenter has NO EFFECT on me but if I drink a bottle while watching my FWK ferment its totally different. 😀Watching doesn't help the process either. Its so cool using skins & seeds for this Forte PN. I hope everyone is enjoying...

The $60 I spent on the Portuguese floor corker was money well invested even though I was only making 1-2 kits per year at the time. Fast forward to 2023 I'm now making 4X's this amount and its so nice to use. I found the better equipment I had ..... the more fun it was to make wine. Just a...

Welcome to WMT ... in 4hr you are already getting great advice from many people who care. I'm sorry for your loss and hang in there!

I took advantage of this type of sale twice now .... in Nov - Dec 2022 they had a sale of 50-60% off. Bought my Blackberry, Grenache Rose, and Tavola Pinot Noir all on sale, in fact, the sale pushed me into trying the FWK. I'm SO GLAD! Its hard to beat the sale price point.

But would everyone agree the skins do add to the overall production of the wine? Definitely worth having skins vs not having skins in either the Forte or Tavola? My Tavola Syrah and Forte Pinot Noir arrived yesterday and I started the PN Forte with double skins & seeds mainly because I have...

Both kits arrived today ... let the games begin!

I felt more like a winemaker today than ever before! My FWK arrived and my afternoon was spent with the Forte using skins & seeds. I've never used either of these, so this was a cool experience. The Forte seemed thicker than the Tavola . I'll start the Tavola next weekend. I'll pitch the...

Fermented the Ice Wine juice and left out the flavor pack or F-pac. Used strawberry, raspberry and wild berry flavorings I purchased from WineLovers.com (on sale) and made three one gallon containers. It has cleared nicely. Based on this experiment, I need one of these to be drinkable for a...

Guessing you punch them down a few times per day and at the end of fermentation squeeze the goodness out of them?

+4 on the AIO and bottling attachment. It was truly a game changer for me. From 1-2 kits a year to now 9-10 a year because its so easy to bottle and transfer your wine. No more gravity pumps .... the AIO pump is the real deal for me and makes wine making 10X more fun. Your results may vary...

Looks great! My Syrah is arriving tomorrow ... along with a Pinot Noir!