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I used the food grade stuff.. I ran the wine through a home water filter just because I did not want to coat the insides of the water line.

Some of you may remember I had several carboys to move into the basement but due to my bad back I cant be lifting them. Well I listened to a bunch of advice, and one guy here talked about the use of a shop vac and a bunch of plastic line. Well,,,,that suggestion sunk in. I got busy and i was...

thats a good plan...

UPDATE, I went to a store in Fargo ND and they had a kit by winexpert that I got and have started...

CDrew Thanks,,,very helpful QUESTION > as I have said I'm new and this is my first year. I have 3 carboys with red wine I made from grapes. I racked them once to get rid of the stems I saw on the bottom. But I dont have any understanding when I should rack them again? I know that I have to...

question... if the above is true... If I got one of them kit wines, and made a 5 gallon carboy with it, would thast allow me to get something ready by Christmas? Im under a lot of pressure to have somethng

You ask a good question. The truth is, Im so new that I dont have enough experience to know what I really want. What i KNOW for 100% sure I want is that I NEVER want to spend 12 hours standing in one place as I rub grapes against an upside-down milk crate... I never want to do that again...

Im a first year wine maker. Live in northern North Dakota By grapes are Valiant grapes that are to make a red wine. I picked the grapes on August 25 First fermentation started on August 27 Racked the first time on September 2 I need to understand a few questions that I get asked by my friends...

Lets say I take my grapes fresh from the vine, and press them. I will end up with a nice wad of skins. Lets say I take the pressed skins and dump them back into the juice. Then its just like normal correct?

valiant grapes

This! This is a new idea to me... and I like it! I think this might be my answer... Thanks.. This gives me a lot to think about and a lot of hope I can still do the fermenting on skins

HI... what I did, and will NEVER do again was to do what I saw in a YouTube video. It was to use an upside down milk crate and rub the bunches of grapes on it. Never again....thats a young man's sport! im retired and thats why I need to come up with a way to do this quickly and with little...

my situation. I live in northern North Dakota and I have 60+ Valiant grape vines. This fall was the first time I have tried to make wine, and I ran into a situation. I dont have a crusher/de-stemmer and so I did all of that work by hand. 12 hours of standing in the same spot, Never again! I'm...

Lets say I don't de-stem or crush the grapes, but go straight from the field to the wine press? In other words, treat red wine grapes like they were white?

I would like to know that answer too

so....Im still not sure how Im going to get the wine into the basement? I have a milk crate that should help me carry the carboys, but there is no way I can lift a 5 gallon carboy and carry it down the stairs . This means I will have to rack each carboy into 2 carboys Then carry the 1/2 filled...

I have 3 five gallon carboys with wine in them I have 2 more five gal carboys and 2 six gallon carboys empty. Thats what I have to work with here. The advice I received was to plan on the use of store bought wine to "top off" that carboy that ends up low level after racking . I was told...

Hey now this is some good advice! The milk crate would make them a lot more safe to carry!

The grapes were crushed 3 weeks ago about... I have racked them once. I think I may do that split into smaller amounts I have to go down stairs so I dont want to try to use a 2-wheel cart as it would be a bumpy right

I got 3 glass carboys filled with the first wine I have ever made. But its starting to get cold at night where I live in northern North Dakota, and I need to bring the wine into the house and down into the basement. The weight of the carboys is an issue. Its just too hard on my back to lift a...