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I don't see this kit available anywhere. It may have been dropped by WinExpert when they came out with their newly constituted kits in April.

Mrs. JohnT and you are in our thoughts and prayers.

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Good decision on the yeast swap! I've had good results with substituting BM4X4 in Italian wines. BM4X4 appears to be as aggressive a fermenter as Lalvin EC-1118 and it leads to enhance varietal taste in the wine.

Based on my one-time attempt at beer making, I found that corn sugar easily dissolved when directly added. One advantage of using it in place of syrup is that it enhances the sweetness of the wine without diluting the flavor. So I also say My only modifier is that you add it in stages until you...

The issue you have is not unusual. Most of the people on this forum have probably experienced this at some point in their winemaking endeavors. It is caused by the a rapidly fermenting wine. There are some yeast strains that produce a lot of foam whereas most of the yeast strains developed for...

It looks like a fun time! The video makes me want to participate even though I live over a thousand miles away.:h

I haven't tried the Cab Franc Ice wine but I bought an Apres Reisling Ice Wine kit that I will be starting in a few weeks. My kit came with two packets of EC-1118 yeast. Good luck with your ice wine kit. Follow the directions that come with it and report back on your wine making progress.

Thanks for replying to my query. I'll look around for a recipe to get the recommended proportion of elderflower to juice ratio. Wikipedia didn't say anything about the elderflowers; it only said: "A white, light body wine that ranges from dry to off-dry, it can be made from Riesling...

In 2017, I bottled the Winexpert Selection Original Piesporter Style Wine Kit. This wine is very well liked by a few of my neighbors wives. Unfortunately, I only have 6 bottles left. Winexpert no longer has this kit listed on their website. Checking my local wine kit supplier, as well as every...

Tim, if I wasn't using plastic carboys, I would go the vacuum pump root as well. There are no downsides to its use that I can think of and many advantages, several of which you pointed out in your posting. Wine whipping followed by with the addition of potassium metabisulphite does work for...