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Ok with my Chilean grapes/juice this year I tried to make a Bordeaux style blend. 6 gallon buckets of Cab Sav, Cab Franc, and Merlot. Plus one flat of grapes of each varietal. All of it in my 25 gallon fermenter. I've never tried an MLF and I decided this batch would be the one I'd try it with...

I've been wondering, red wine gets its color from the grape skins. So you get a red wine juice bucket from your LHBS and , naturally, you make an acceptable red wine from it. So how does this grape juice you get in these buckets get its color? I make a ton of wine from these buckets and I've...

Zero gravity is your friend............

I have 3 or 4 each of 5 and 6 gallon plastic carboys. They are all Better Bottles, Bubblers and ones from the Vintage shop (smooth-very easy to clean). Located near Allentown,pa. No shipping. Like $10 each

You only selling the stuff as a complete unit?

Just used it the past week. Bottled 3 batches of berry wine and transferred 3 grape wines. Bottling took a little bit to get the hang of it, but once you do, its really easy. Also I think this is gonna cure my degassing problem. Just bring the wine out of storage, put a heat belt on it for a day...

I never reuse oak. This year I'm not gonna bottle unless they are oaked properly, I have some French oak cubes here, I may add them soon since I'm gonna plan on bottling on May. I have 5 batches of Italian wine that will be ready in the fall so I'm gonna order those oak beans for them. They are...

Up until now I've only used american oak spirals. Every year my blueberry was awesome until last year. It was like you flicked off a switch. Amazing

Steve, the only concern I have is there will be alot less vacuum generated correct? Will this effect degassing?

Not really cmason, then again she doesn't eat alot of dried fruits

Mine is kinda strange. Became a "home distiller" and that was my passion for many years. Then got into beer making. A good friend was a winemaker and got me into the hobby. Now I exclusively make wine.

Could you sterile filter your wine to get rid of the sulfates? Asking because there was a blurb on Facebook a while back about this funnel you'd pour your wine thru and it would remove sulfates(and thus no headache the day after). My wife really won't drink commercial wines anymore, they all...

Oh I want lol.

American white oak cubes, spirals and chips. This year I'm trying french oak chips and Hungarian cubes.

As far as the humidity level yes it's stable

I tried oaking blueberry, mixed black, and the Sangiovese. My oaked blueberry is a big hit but this year it was bland. I leave the spirals in for 6 weeks like you are supposed to. This year I may leave it in longer. I'm stumped.

I had a problem last year with my wine not taking any oak. Is it possible my wine storage is too cold? It was 60-65 degrees which is supposed to be ideal. I also have a problem with my wines not degassing even after they sit for a year. Again that might be due to the wine being too cold. I'm...

Decided to join here, I'm a pretty experienced winemaker, and every year I learn some new tips and tricks that I should be sharing. My wife helps me alot with bottling too. I have 18 batches under the stairs from last year (5 gallons each). Everything from Blueberry and blackberry to Barolo...