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Thanks guys! The wine was bottled July 2016. I had planned today to bottle another 10 month blackberry, but I think I may rerack it instead! Perhaps it's not clearing properly. After looking at my notes, I realise both batches had only been racked once, and with blackberry, it's difficult to...

So, since my last post, re back sweetening, (which incidentally I've not been brave enough to do, yet!) I've opened a couple of bottles, one rhubarb, one blackberry, that have obviously been leaking, "popped" on opening, and been fizzy! (A nice surprise, but not sure how I stand on the fizzy red...

Salcoco, thank you! Sorry, didn't see your reply until I'd posted again! I made 5 gallons of the stuff, much less now, as I will keep trying to make sure it's undrinkable (!) I found if I filtered the bottle through kitchen towel, then added honey to the glass, it was lovely. Fine, but I want to...

Two very good questions, Julie! As a novice at the time, I knew no better! I just thought it would 'sort itself out' as most wines seem to?! (Re the sweetening) and thought the cloudiness was just a trait! Silly old novice! So to be clear ( no pun intended!) You think it would be fine to pour...

So after about 18 months in the bottle, my 'cloudy apple' has cleared, leaving a lot of sediment! I also think it needs back sweetening. (I know, a bit late for both!) Two things I've never done before! My first thoughts were to decant the wine through a filter into a carboy, sweeten with honey...