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Paul, I am curious to know your impression of your Argentinian Malbec (is the 2 months past?). I finally have my Malbec in the primary, ready to rack to secondary, and it smells amazing! I have a WE Eclipse Lodi 11 Cab in a carboy, and in my opinion this Malbec smells even better than the Lodi...

Welcome! Welcome, Ali! You've found a treasure trove of vintner information and support here! I had the pleasure of spending a day in Sydney a few years ago, and after snapping a shot of the famous Fiddle, spent the (rainy) day on a walking tour of the town. So beautiful. I loved the history...

All in One Wine Pump giveaway Please consider this as my entry in the All in One Wine Pump Giveaway. (Beginning novena now...:i )

Good to know, Mike. I appreciate your input. I did taste the excess remaining in the carboy after bottling (ie the bit that wasn't enough to fill another bottle) and could not taste the K-meta, so hopefully that will remain the case as it ages. I do wonder if kit makers vary in their advice...

My question was not as clear as it should have been. Yes, I was referring to the addition of K-meta at the end, having added at an earlier step what was included with the kit. I have not ever fortified with brandy (I need to read up on that), and I do plan to bottle age. I went ahead and added...

I am ready to bottle a kit of Orange Choc Port. I have only made WE port in the past. The WE directions (on all of their kits) instruct to add metabisulfite before bottling if wine will be aged more than 6 months. There are no instructions for this in the RJS Orange Choc Port kit. Can anyone...

Thank you all for the warm welcome! I look forward to being a part of this community. I will definitely do a search on DB and Skeeter Pee. I would like to try my hand at producing a non-kit wine at some point. Tim, I will post my impressions when I get the Argentinian Malbec to bottling...

Hi everyone, here is my introduction. I found this forum while doing a search on cleaning/sanitizing agents. What a great group you are! I consider myself a novice home vintner. I am Texan by birth, but was a Calgarian by choice for about a year...the price of commercial wine in Calgary...