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  1. idiggy

    How do u clean your bottles ??

    How do u clean your bottles ? I made this bottle washer with a dishwasher . Works great
  2. idiggy

    Ice Wine

    It's made from fresh juice . Fermented like reg wine really .
  3. idiggy

    Ice Wine

    Yes that's where I got it in Niagara on the lake . It's called Watson's winery I also tried some of their Merlot, Cab Franc juice and Gewürztraminer
  4. idiggy

    Ice Wine

    It ended up being about 16 %
  5. idiggy

    Ice Wine

    Just finished bottling some Ice wine. For my first time making it . It came out pretty good Used a gallon of Vidal Ice grape juice . Next yr will try the Cab Franc Ice juice . Cheers
  6. idiggy

    Wine Adjustments

    Thank you for your replys . I think I may try one demijohn with some sugar syrup and chilling one demijohn . When Chilling to 32f .Are you Chilling in the glass demijohn ?
  7. idiggy

    Wine Adjustments

    Morning Looking for some feedback on adjusting some wine . Pinot Noir Ph 3.52 TA .66 Taste is good . I think this one is ok Zinfandel Ph 3.68 Ta is .66 Taste ok I think this one is ok Cab Franc Ph 3.83 Ta .51 . I think I will raise this with some Tartic Acid Not sure about these...
  8. idiggy

    MLF question

    LOL I'll cross my fingers !!
  9. idiggy

    MLF question

    Thanks for the feed back everyone. So racked the gross lees and did the MLF. Sg ranged from .996 to 1.012 MLF has started lots of small bubbles . Thanks for your help . First time doing MLF . How long should that take . Thanks
  10. idiggy

    MLF question

    So I made some wine from grapes . Merlot . Cab sav and a cab franc . I left the skins in for about 9days . Pressed them . Put is a carboy with space and bubbler The fermentation is not done yet . Still active. Slow but active. Question Do I rack the gross lees now or wait until end of...
  11. idiggy

    Adjusting Levels

    Thanks for sharing
  12. idiggy

    Adjusting Levels

    Thanks for your help Trying this method of wine making usually I just buy the pails pre done and ferment . I also have a Merlot and Cab Sauv I will be picking up . Is there a chart for brix , ph , ta for the different grapes .Or all reds and whites are fall within a range .
  13. idiggy

    Adjusting Levels

    Thank You for your advice
  14. idiggy

    Adjusting Levels

    It's 6 gallons of fresh juice . Yes it would be a dry wine
  15. idiggy

    Adjusting Levels

    Hello Just starting a Gewurztraminer wine . Fresh juice Brix at 19.9 Ph at 3.47 Acid at 6.9 Would anyone be making adjustments to this must ? Thanks
  16. idiggy

    Starting my wine

    Hello yes I just started fermenting. I like doing small batches of different juices . I use 21 L pails of juice . I have , Chealian Merlot, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, Chilean Shiraz , cab franc, Montepulciano, and Chardonnay white . All bubbling away right now .Thanks
  17. idiggy

    Starting my wine

    Just started fermenting !!! Looking for forward to some great wine .
  18. idiggy

    Enolmatic bottler?

    Hello I have one and it works great . For me it was worth the money . Very easy to use
  19. idiggy

    Adding s02

    Hello Can someone give some advice on adding sulphite So If I make 19l pails of juice . After fermentation I can add 1/4tsp ( i have powdered sulphite) every 3months while bulk aging are you supposed to add another 1/4tsp ? and at bottling another 1/4 tsp and are you supposed add 1/4 tsp...
  20. idiggy

    Hydrochloric Acid, 0.01 N, Solution

    Hello Has anyone tried making their own solution for measuring s02 . I cant seem to find anyone selling this Hydrochloric Acid, 0.01 N, Solution in my area . but i found this online. For 100 mL flask, the expression will have values: m = 0.01*0.1*40.07 = 0.04007 g. To make a 0.01 M solution...
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