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I did not have any sign in issues for years. BUT the last few weeks I have had to sign in 1-2 times a week, haven’t done anything different. Roy

My. 2 cents. I have 2 - 40 liter Vadai barrels and a 23 liter one. I switched from 50 liter ones because they were too heavy for me to lift and they wouldn’t fit in my laundry tub. The 40 L ones fit fine and are a lot lighter. Also 2-6 gal car boys fit into a 40L with 1.4 gallons left over. For...

A few months ago I found a 5 year old bottle of S P at my Mother in Laws. We popped it and it was very good. Nothing special was done to it. Roy

I just received a fermenting bucket of Nebbiolo, slow ferment, sg of 1.074. So I added a package of ec 118 to it and let her go. Did this last year too and no issues. The other 3 buckets were 1.092 with no fermentation. So just added the yeast. Roy

I’ll bump this week old thread, because we have a lot of Petite Sirah, and we too would like to do a blend. So any ideas/experience? Roy

Well I’ll post the opposing view. We have a few bottles of 2011 Apple & Peach Wines that are excellent! Also a 5 year old Blueberry ( made from concentrate) . We age most of our wines 2 yrs before drinking. Just sayin, Roy ps we measure SO2 and keep it in the mid range at bottling, Standard...

We use 3-4 sticks of cinnamon and only 3 ish cloves to 5 gals. Cloves can over power your apple wine very quickly. So easy to add more if desired, Not easy to get rid if you over clove. We add them when the wine is mostly clear. Roy

We have C C Amarone kits that are 8, 6, 4, 2, years old and one that has just started. It’s our favorite big Red. We ferment, then year in the car boy, and a year in a barrel, then bottle. Usually start drinking at 3-4 years. Roy

We take a glass of wine down to our high top table on the dock. It does seem to taste better, or is it the view, company, slight breeze @ 90*, or is it we just needed another glass !! Roy

Allison, We do a Elderberry/ Blueberry blend all the time. It’s one of our favorites. 50/50 or 60/40 either way works great. When we lived in N. Ga we used real fruit, now in SW Fl we buy concentrates of each. Not sure we would like strawberries in the mix. Real fruit # were 5-6 lbs per gal if...

Fence post , our fav blend is 25 Blackberry to 75 Cab. But do the trials cmason outlined to see/taste for yourself. We don’t usually back sweeten the blend, but we do backsweeten the fruit wines before we blend into the Cab. Roy

We blend fruit wines with grape wines all the time. Have 50 L of Blackberry/Blueberry/Cab in a barrel. Also a BlackBerry/Elderberry/Cab. A Elderberry/Cab etc etc. Did a Cherry/Cab way back when, it was great! So go for it, these are some of our fav wines. Our friends love these blends too ! Roy

Fred, It’s Shrimp Scampi tonight, ( we are having a 2015 Cab) we are not white drinkers! I can ask the Boss what’s for dinner tomorrow night, sure it will be Italian it’s Friday. Roy

Now with over a 1,100 bottles in the house we try to keep our wines 18-24 months before bottling. Some car boys, 3 smaller barrels. We have many wines that are over 5 years old with NO issues. Even have some fruit wines , Apple & Peach that are over 8 yrs old. All these wines have a “ 2 year”...

Val, A few years ago we made a Mojito S P. It turned out pretty good. My note taking is terrible but I do remember adding mint and a rum flavoring. Still have a bottle or 2. Don’t remember any clearing problems with it. There was definite Mojito taste to it. Roy

A year ago we made a “new wine”. B B Cab, it’s 25% Blackberry, 25% Blueberry and 50% Cab. Took it out of the barrel yesterday after 6 months, WOW ! Is it good. Fruitiest Cab ever. All Home Winery concentrates. Will let it sit another 3 months then bottle. This is our first inexpensive wine to be...

Guess how my wife got wood floors in the Winery? Same story as Mikes’s. She hated red poke a dots on gold carpet. Roy

Wow! I thought the same thing Fred. At least the first time (& last I pressed on carpet, don’t ask) I put down a Harbor freight drop cloth. Roy

Good luck, and Welcome. 40 yrs ago my kids picked dandelions for an 80+ yr old neighbor so he could make the wine. His was awesome, so I tried to make a gal. Mine tasted like “Weeds” . He being Old World Italian wouldn’t give me any help or hint at the recipe. Roy

Yes the #8’s are a little smaller in diameter. They seal the neck ok, but come out a little funny because the neck isn’t as long on the Champagne bottles. Roy