Search results

I'm trying to make sense of this There are many folks here using paint bags for straining grape juice or wine and no one is concern that these are not food grade material. Someone said that he saw a label on them saying HDPE. Really, since when is paint food product?

Okay, I heard horror stories like that, but some of us are not commercial winemakers and we are in full control of what comes in contact with the wine we make. After all, we are the ones who drink our wine, together with our families and friends. Certainly anyone can choose to do whatever they...

Really? I would never use paint straining bags to make wine I'm going to drink.

Hello fellow winemakers, Has any of you built or thought about building a bladder press? to buy one, you need to fork out quite a bit of money, but most original parts are available as replacement items for purchase at afordable prices. If you had such experience, I would like to hear from you...

Be careful with Sorbate, read this article: http://winemakersacademy.com/potassium-sorbate-wine-making/

I wonder why someone would soak oak cubes or chips in flavorless alcohol, unless there is some magic to it, I don't know about?

"USA ITH-20R with 3 Transmitter"

Has anyone use CVRP yeast and did it work for you? Thanks

I totally agree and cellar humidity along with quality corks is very important I had some bad corks and even though I kept the wine on the side, due to low humidity, I had some leaking bottles

I also used ICVD254 andICVD21 folloed by VP41, and other MLF bacteria now I'm thinking about CVRP yeast and I wonder if anyone used this strain and what was the outcome Thanks

What combination of yeast and MLF bacteria did you use? Thanks

One of the critical parameters with co-inoculation is PH. If higher than 3.5 the MLF bacteria may metabolize the sugar and the primary fermentation may get stuck. Any of you had successful co-inoculation with high PH must? If yes, how high? Thanks

My favorite method to remove lables is to put the bottles in a 200F oven for half hour . Most labels will peel of easyly, other need some soaking, depending on what kind of glue they used.

I had the same issue in the beginning with the heatgun, but with time and patience, I learned and now this is my favorite method to shrink bottle capsules.

I took similar steps to keep weeds in check, except for the pesticide. Covered the rows with weed blocker and wood chips, but after two three years the weeds started growing on top of it. Now I just do hand weeding (I have only 49 vines) and this keeps me pretty busy. This year I planted clover...

If you have a small vineyard, cover crops are easier to manage and beneficial. If you choose the right Clover, it will keep weeds away and it will reseed, as well as provide Nitrogen to your soil. The crimson clover is a good choice, it is not too tall and looks nice too. Don't use any...

Hi all, The CoolBot is a great innovation, but too expensive ($350). If cost is not an issue, go for it, but here is a much cheaper solution you may want to consider: Since most AC unit temperature sensors are thermistors you can simply change the value and fool the controller so that the...

Thank you stickman, you are right on. I believe this is very important. A friend who has hands-on experience with the Enolmatic, came over today and told me the same thing.

I made some changes to my setup and thinks look better now. I added a speed controller for the vacuum pump and now I can control the flow. If I slow down the flow rate, the fill level can be adjusted to around 2" but if I do not remove the bottle immediately, it has the tendency to overfill...

I did some more testing today and it looks like I have problems with the level fill too. The level is not consistent and the adjustment on the top doesn't make much difference. My level is about 1-1/2" no matter what I do and this is too high, it touches the cork. I wonder if the original works...