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I bottled most of them using the Valley Vintner single bottle vacuum filler. The rest of them were bottled using an Enolmatic vacuum filler. Both excellent filling devices!

I think I need to have a labeling party. Since returning from Florida in Mid April, I have bottled a little over 1,200 bottles and still have 8 carboys to go. My problem is labeling them. I printed out the labels this afternoon but i am sure it will take a couple weeks to get them all done. Sure...

I buy Luva Bella juice buckets which are 6 gallons. I dont know where you are located but the Luva Bella buckets are distributed all over Ohio and Pennsylvania. I am happy with the quality.

I guess it is true, everything is bigger in Texas! I'm glad your ok!

I have 12 gallons Niagara that I have no idea what to do with it. I started it with the notion of blending some of it with a pear wine but the pear turned out to be better without it. I am not real fond of white wines or sweet wines so i am not real excited about the Niagara. I wont be drinking...

Welcome to the forum Thomas! Your kit is a 5 week kit but that really does not mean it's ready to consume at 5 weeks. you are at 21 days on a Merlot. In my opinion, it should be ready to bottle say in about 49 more weeks. You simply cannot judge a red wine in only 3 weeks. Give it another 6...

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Moonlight Packaging in Oil City Pennsylvania has exactly what you are looking for. They make a cardboard wine tote that holds 3 750 bottles perfectly. I have a stack of them in my garage.

I've toasted oak in my gas grill. wrapped a package of oak sticks in foil, poked a few holes for smoke to escape and fired it up. some turned into charcoal but most toasted nicely. I kept the grill at around 300 degrees and when the package would start smoking, removed it from the heat. if it...

Nine or less hours wont hurt that skeeter pee. I don't know when you started it but it probably is still gassy so probably did not affect it at all. I make wine in Pennsylvania but i winter in Florida. during the 2012-2013 winter season I had one air lock dry out on a California Shiraz. I have...

I washed and sanitized 12 cases of bottles this afternoon after work and racked my 2013 Blueberry in preparation to bottle it tomorrow. It is wonderful! It was aged with a mixture of American and French oak, 45 grams each per carboy. The oak has been in there for 9 months. The wine is completely...

I agree with Turock, 1 year minimum for red wines before bottling then 1 more year in the bottle before consuming.

It will work but it will never clear! At least mine didn't. I finally gave it to a friend who is legally blind. He thinks its excellent.

I don't understand a variable volume fermenter but it sounds like you keep the lid on it and only remove it to punch down the cap. Leave the lid off of the fermenter, cover it with a towel and let some oxygen in there for the yeast. I am sure the fermentation will speed back up!

Doug, Tell me about All American Container... Good deal on 70 cases?

Yuk!!!!!!!

I finally got around to using the Enolmatic this weekend. In function it is very similar to the Valley Vintner stainless steel single bottle filler that I have been using. The awesome feature is the filter! It is with out a doubt the best filter system for a home winemaker. I absolutely love the...

Good one Dan! LMAO, her name was Emma, really bad snowstorm in Buffalo NY!

Today i bottled 8 carboys of 2013 Chilean Malbec yielding 21 cases. I sure wish I could automate the bottle washing! my sink holds 3 cases and I have two bottle trees so I basically have to do things two carboys at a time. it took about 5 hours working alone to wash the bottles, fill and cork...

Julie, the restaurant is called Amazing Foods and is located in Franklin PA. They are open for dinner only the first Friday of each month.The food is excellent and reservations must be made months in advance.