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    Auto-Siphon Mishaps

    I read the post and busted out laughing... My wife heard me and wanted to know what was going on.
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    Wine Store/Wine making shop.

    There are several here in South Florida but they cost upwards of $250 - $300 not including bottles. They also make the kits and sell the wine under their own labels, about $7 - 8$ a glassor $20 - $25 a bottle...
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    Auto-Siphon Mishaps

    I had a few different ones. When I first got it I pushed it into the carboy and the wine overflowed. Another time I started pumping and the hose came out of my carboy and dumped wine all over the floor. Mine does leak air a bit but a hose clamp or zip tie solved that problem. Now I use the...
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    Cold stabilization

    I don't think you need to worry about that for kits.
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    Newbie Girl

    The Mezza Luna Red is my wife's all time favorite so far... Welcome to the forum.
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    A few labels

    I'm probably not going to purchase it, I just don't want to put the time and effort into learning it. I found the Microsoft Picture It Premium on Amazon for $30.00.
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    Wild Grapes

    The labels look great, I need to work on my label making skills...
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    A few labels

    The lables look excellent.
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    A few labels

    I just got the trial version of Photoshop CS and I'm having a hard time figuring it out. Not sure at this point if it is worth paying for.
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    White Wines

    K-Meta is Potassium Metabisulfite, sulfites are used to prevent the wine form oxidizing. Your kit includes a packet to be used during stabilizing. You will typically add additional K-Meta before bottling if you intend on aging the wine for an extended period of time...
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    Fast Flow Spigot

    Yes, the spigot works great to transfer the wine into the secondary. Don't worry about transferinga littlesediment, you want to ensure you getas much of the wine as possible. Here is a great place to go read about your first kit: http://www.finevinewines.com/Home-Wine-Making-Tutorial.htm
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    Wine Tasting

    When I lived in CT my wife and I used to frequent JE Winery, they held several events every year. It is a great place to kick back, relax, drink a glass a wine of wine (or several bottles) and enjoy the view. Their 2005 Chardonnay was excellent. They were also my bottle supplier...
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    Norton/Cynthiana

    My dad makes it from them. I'll see if he can get me his recipes.
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    My Wine Closet

    Thanks everyone, I have a little bit of finishing work to do, but it is functional right now...
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    Maybe a stuck fermentation??

    Great idea, never thought about doing that...
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    So I've got this empty jug.....

    Mike777, Sounds like you have some experience with this...
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    My Wine Closet

    All Moved In Started these 2 batches tonight: US Elite Micro Winery Series Chardonnay and the WE Australian Grenache/Mourvedre. It isn't quite done yet, but getting close.
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    My Wine Closet

    The Rebuild
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    My Wine Closet

    When I moved into my new house, I took over one of the bedrooms for winemaking and needless to say the wife wasn't happy. After a couple of months I decided to capture some unused space under the stairs. It is small, but it seems like it is going to do the trick, and you get to it from the...
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    WineXpert Lodi Ranch vs Aussie Cabs?

    Just get both...
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