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I didn't ask, but I think Mike is right! ;). They had all kinds of labels on things. There was a crate of super moldy bottles that he refused to discuss the contents of.

Here's some pics i snagged when I went to buy some port wines at a Quinta offseason. So fun.

Here's a pic of me and my uncle showing three woods used in casks for Port Wine Ageing in the Douro valley. Chestnut, mahogany, and oak. Now chopped up for the wood stove. Still smelled like wine!

There was a lot of excellent info buried in the port boards. Are those posts still around? Where's the barrels forum?

I tried to do this with Malbec last year but had a lot of H2S problems. Still don't know how to fix it. Maybe it's too late? I got Chilean grapes in the spring and I didn't take enough care to learn all I could about the sulfites that those grapes get on the way here. I don't think I can salvage...

Right, but who wants bourbon in their wine? I get that the complexity can be a plus when working on ciders, beers, etc, but what do people think about aging a port in a baby bourbon barrel? I had a tiny 5L barrel and put whiskey in it for ONLY 5 hours and then changed my Mind and wanted to age...

I need to get into this system! Do you have these things made up ? Is there some kind of workflow that you use? I know you've described them, but I'll have to come back to the post when my mind is better able to operationalize this. I just write everything on masking tape and stick to the...

Thanks! I thought I'd have to get two barrels, so now I have no choice! =)

Thanks! I thought I'd have to get two barrels, so now I have no choice!

If they do, don't they shave the inner layers off first? When I put in wine, it tasted like bourbon

Hey Coleman! Good to hear from you! Wow, so this port is doing all this great stuff this early?? What are your tricks? I kinda gave up on all this stuff, and then it turned out that it made the wines better (patience by quitting) ! I really want to make a OVZin port, but can't find good...

Indiscernible? I did this and everything I put in it tastes like bourbon! How did you clean them?

What's the flappy thing hanging over the barrels?

Hi, I have a few Vadai barrels that all have wine kits in them. My Sangiovese bucket and grape wine could really spend some time in the barrel. The Sangiovese went through MLF, so QUESTION: Will putting the sangio in the barrel previously used for the kit adversely affect my sangio? Also, will...

Just had my 1st winemaking anniversary! Here's hoping! Winexpert™ Eclipse Napa Valley Stag's Leap District Merlot Wine Recipe Kit

I second and triple this! Every time I've had a problem, Steve offered a solution almost before I asked him! So happy with my allinone!

Actually, there's a white ring on a couple. What's that mean?

I think my Porto Corinto started at 1.150 and it got all the way to 1.010

Hey! I don't know what happened to my other wines. I just received my Vinmetrica 300 so I'm hoping to get some information from that ( I think I might have gotten into some acetobacter problems bc of poor sulfite management) I'm still unsure of what to do with the Malbec. I could just make...

Hey Coleman! Ive had some bad luck happen with my wines here but I'm back to give it another try. I have 2 lugs of Chile Syrah and Malbec coming in a couplle weeks. and am thinking of maybe making the Syrah into port. Do you think the Malbec would work as well? I have better luck with Port...