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After 24 hrs you rack then begin fermentation right?

Yes I have the PDF I just felt that they have a lot more steps and wanted to see what others were doing or felt about their process. Sorry I didn’t know there was another post on the same subject. I should’ve looked.

Anyone that has made wine from white grapes not juice buckets, what is your usual procedure? I am thinking about making white wine from grapes this year. I am reading the morewine white wine making manual. I plan to crush, add lallezyme cuvee, so2, cold soak for a few hours then press...

I filtered with it and it seemed to work. I tightened the housing. It filled up and I flipped it over. I can't say for certain that the wine didn't bypass the filter as you say. Is there some way to know for sure? I will have to check it again. The website has it fitting a 10' whole house...

I made a rose with a bucket of Viognier and 3 pounds of Syrah grapes. It turned out great. I had to back sweeten and used a commercial wine conditioner that I bought off of Morewine. The instructions stated that if you use the more than 1/3 of the bag you do not need to add sorbate. I added...

I used super clear last week and filtered today 1 micron and .5 micron. I tested and ph was 3.5 and TA was 4.8. The taste is OK but definitely needs a little more acid.I have never had much luck adding acid so I did a bench trial raising the TA to 5.5, 5.75, 6, 6.5, and 7. I think 5.75...

This is the filter The hole is 1 inch in diameter. With is 2.5 height is 9 13/16

I will take a look tonight and let you know.

Thanks FYI I bought those .5 micron filters from H2O and I will let you know how they work.

I was watching a you tube video of Someone using a whole house filter to vacuum pump filter their wine. I noticed they turned the filter unit upside down. Just wondering why they would do this also is The PEX pipe necessary to use?

Insidewinemaking podcast had the winemaker for Sebastiani who talks about adding acid pre ferment to bring ph to 3.63. In your case he would make the add. It’s a good listen

I was looking at a house recently (we may be moving) and they had some grape vines growing in the yard. I don't know what kind and they are probably for eating but I was wondering if you can take the rootstock and graft something on to them? Can I graft a wine grape cutting to an already...

I have heard great things about Collinswood in Cleveland. He doesn't carry the lanza products but he does have other comparable grapes. I know I emailed him last year and he had some Lake County Cab that I was interested in and he carries Washington grapes. I'm lucky to have CFP in Pittsburgh...

I tasted today and it does have a high alcohol rate to it. I added Tannin Finesse which is supposed to help with that. I will taste after 24 hours. When I stirred it in I noticed a fair amount of carbonation. I was wondering how long before you normally see carbonation go away from bulk...

Good for you John. Look forward to this next chapter of your life.

Thanks that is goof to know. I did oak them but that was with staves in carboys.

No I did not use a barrel. I am taking their comments with a grain of salt but I will keep an eye out or should I say nose out for the future presence of Brett. As always thanks for all your comments they’re very helpful.

I entered 2 wines in the amateur wine competition recently. They both received silver medals. They sent me the judges comments and couple of them cited Brett. I may not be an expert in what it tastes or smells like, but i don't think I have ever noticed that in my wines. I understand some...

So I cleaned my prob and added new batteries. Primary is over Nd now they are sitting doing MLF. Here are my numbers: Vigioner. PH 3.35. TA 5 Chard. PH 3.35. TA 5 Carmenere PH 3.5. TA 6.8 I Think the numbers are OK would like a little more acid in the whites but I’ll see how they taste...

I can’t say for sure but that has been my understanding that they balance the juice. Interestingly I noticed on the bucket that it is packaged in Canada. Not sure what that means . Maybe they use flash detente.