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Since I am so new to winemaking, I will just have to drink some along the way. I don't have a "stash" that has been ageing for 2,3,4 years. I also have limited space for storage, unless I shell out big bucks for a wine cooler. We don't have cellars here in Arizona, and the garage gets too...

Thanks for all that information. I had no idea that the purchase price on Label Peelers wasn't the price they have listed. I hadn't looked at how much juice the kits had. I would love to be able to use my local HBS, but everything seems to be priced above suggested retail price. That Eclipse...

I am new to winemaking. Bottled my first (Mosti Nero D'Avola) on November 23 (went by the instructions and bottled after 2 weeks of clearing). My second try (RJS Super Tuscan) is in the carboy clearing/ageing now. I plan on leaving it for 3 months before bottling. If I can stand to wait that...

The kit was $108.64 and the shipping was $44.85. I live in Tucson, Arizona, and it was shipped from Florida, so a long way.

Thanks for the replies. Since this is only my second try at wine making, I will be anxious to try it. But I think i will be able to wait at least the two months, and maybe try to wit at least 3. After I bottle it, I will definitely set aside at least 12 bottles for a year, as I am doing with...

The instructions say to either bottle it after 30 days or let it age in the carboy for another month before bottling. If I decide to let it go a second month before bottling, would it be of any benefit to rack it into another carboy just to get it off the sediment? If so, is there anything...

The bubbling had slowed to about one every 8-10 seconds. So I racked into the fermenting bucket,degassed , added the chemicals to clarify and stabilize, and racked back into the cleaned and sterilized carboy. No bubbling at all, so it must have just been the CO2 bubbling out.

The bubbling has slowed down, about 1 every 3 seconds now. Will wait a few more days, then go through the degassing and add the clarifying and stabilizing chemicals. Then just let it sit.

Racked into the carboy 3 days ago. SG was 1.014. Has been bubbling away, so I didn't take another reading until today. SG .992. But it is still bubbling away, about 1 bubble per second. Could that be CO2? Do I wait until it stops before gegassing it? If i degassed it now, would it just...

Yesterday I opened the first bottle. My daughter, my son, and I all tasted it and thought it was already quite good, and very smooth. Will wait another month before cracking the second bottle. The instructions had said it would be "ready" in 6-8 weeks and would be aged by 8 months. They must...

I recently finished my first kit -- Mosti AllJuice Nero D'Avola. Bottled it just over 2 weeks ago. Opened the first bottle yesterday (couldn't wait). It has a really nice flavor and already tastes better than most $10-$15 wines. I imagine it will be REALLY good once it has aged a bit. I am...

Got it started today. I ended up using a plain bottle/can opener to get the cap off the juice bag. It worked great. So well, in fact, that the top came off so fast that I had a spill before I could get the juice directed into the bucket. Also, clumsy me, about half of one of the two bags of...

Rocky, yes that is the kit, and thanks for the tips. I will definitely follow the instructions, it was just that they didn't say what kind of water to use. And before topping off to the 6 gallon mark on the fementing bucket, I will tak a SG reading, looking for close to 1.10. The kit was...

To be delivered tomorrow. I have been reading the instructions, and I know I will need several gallons of water, but I have no idea how much I will need. The instructions say to add 4 liters of water to the primary fermenter, add bentonite, add the juice, then fill the fermenter to the 6...

Checked clarity today. I did it Rocky's way. But I tilted the glass over a whie paper with writing on it. I could see the writing through the wine. It really tasted good, for a new wine, so I got it all bottled. Instructions say it is ready in 8 weeks and they recommend minimum ageing of 8...

Thanks, will trry that.

From my very limited understanding, filtering when there are a lot of suspended particles can cause the filter to clog. Besides, "everyone" says that wine will clear eventually, even without using clearing agents. Again, from my very limited understanding -- not from experience, but from...

LOL. At 30 bottles per kit, I shouldn't need another kit for a few months at least.

It has been in the garage. Even for Tucson, Arizona, it has been pretty warm and the garage temperature has ranged from around 70 up to 80. But mostly in the mid-70's. Will try your suggestion, but was wondering why no light getting through the carboy at all.

I have read numerous posts about how to tell if wine is clarified enough. This is my first attempt abd am making a Mosti All Juice Nero D'Avola. It went through primary and secondary fermentation just fine. I degassed and put in the Potassium Metabisulphite, Kieselsol, Chitosan and Potassium...