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Made a mistake before fermentation. I forgot to add the Bentonite. This is not a kit. Pressed from pinot noir grapes and went straight to fermentation (Added potassium metabisulfite) without the bentonite. I plan on adding kieselsol and chitosan after fermentation is done. Should I worry about...

Due to space and temperature issues, I've had to cold stabilize my new Rose in the same fridge that I was using for my wine color. It's been a constant 54 degrees but now this new batch of Rose has to cold stabilize and I don't have a place to put some Pinot Noir bottles. Is it safe to keep the...

Today I manually destemmed and crushed 200lbs of pinot noir grapes. Got two 17 gallon tubs about 75% full and one 10 gallon tub about 50% full. The amount of potassium metabisulfite that I put in today was a little under half a teaspoon in the 17 gallon tubs. The measurement I was going for was...

Has anyone fermented fresh pinot noir grapes? I'm looking for average fermentation length. Kits have all been about 14 days and while I can check the SG I was hoping to know beforehand what fresh grapes might take. Any takers? I'm looking at about .996 for final SG for my rose. thx

I spoke too soon. The clear ones I found were only like 100ml so I need 750ml. I know they exist because I've seen them. The issue I have is that while green might work just fine my sparkling rose is pink and putting pink wine in a green bottle

Found them. Thanks!

Saw those but I need clear. Don't want to put a sparking rose in a green bottle.

Can't seem to find clear champagne bottles on Amazon that have that lip. Any recommendations?

I'm looking for bottles that allow for crown caps but can't find any. Any advice?

Hey everyone. I'm going to be attempting some sparkling rose in a few weeks and wanted to know what type of bottles/caps I should be using. Also, any tips for carbonating wine? Thank you

Hi, does anyone have this guide? The link no longer works. http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/growing_table_grapes_ec1639_may_2011.pdf

Leaving for trip and want to take my Pinot Noir but it will only be cold stabilzed for 9 days. Would love for it to be 2 weeks but leaving for trip. Think it will be ok?

Do you need humidity in a wine cellar if your using synthetic corks?

Yes, I spray every two weeks. I use Serenade. Half cup per gallon. I get tops and bottoms of leaves.

Even though both kits had the potassium sorbate packs in them? I added them during stabilization steps.

The question I have is about making a sweet wine a bit more dry. Can someone tell me if they've tried this before. I'd like to blend this sweet peach wine that I have with a very dry Rose that I created. I had used a Rose kit from Cru International Rose kit and fermented down to .994 and it's...

Do you chew it up or just put it down in the holes?

Do you recommend a specific type of gum?

Good tips! Thank you.

Tried that. Put sticks of spearmint in all holes and did nothing. Although I did not chew it up. Just put sticks of it all over the place. 3 months later they were untouched. Have you had success with whole pieces or chewed up?