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I couldnt agree more Wade hit this on the head!I have new and re-coped barrels.30and15 gallon barrels 2 of each.So i never used a 5.I aged a cab/merlot in a new french oak 30 gallon 8 months transferred the wine into a 3 year old barrel for micro-oxgen.Also have wines going on 12-14 months in...

Yes, this stuff rocks:r

I did a batch of skeeter pee back in the spring with slurry from savigion blanc,it was great.and 5 gallons have gone by through the summer months.Slurry makes a great difference.I now have a batch of skeeter pee with peach slurry took off today and cant wait to drink this next.The smell is out...

frankr3,m&m in hartford carried juice from the fingerlakes last year and thats alot closer to you then taking the 5 hour trip.

I guess it would be a good time to call in the grief counselors,I apologize if your were offended.And yes i did read the article.

Yes and so whiskey aged for 20 years in the same oak barrels that go neutral after 4 years or so yea right.Like i said go for it get your whiskey barrels and age your wine in it good luck with your wine.

Hey Sirs,if you want an alcohol level of 18%then you will need to add A LOT OF SUGAR and bring your brix level to like 31 or 32 brixs to get what your looking for i think you need to make a different type of wine with a still.:)wild yeast will not ferment this to dryness nor any other strain for...

Yes personal flavor is what matters,maybe you should use your grandfathers whiskey barrels to add a beneficail spiicieness to your wine if you like it so much.:)

Sorry to break this party up but my father made wines in wiskey barrels years ago and i would not recommend it at all.Wine should be aged in oak barrels used for wine only.This is coming from both ends of the barrels.Please ask the oak barrel wineires that use oak barrels and they will tell you...

Will raisins raise the brix level of your must?

Could i ask why you would rack off the primary so soon,before finishing fermenting?Never made raspberry wine before,but i wouldn't rack off primary unless complete.What kind off yeast did you use?

Next time try using a colinder (speghetti strainer) this helps with smaller bathes.press inside a 6 gallon bucket make sure you use rubber gloves and make sure you get a seperate colinder only for this purpose.just because you might not ever get it clean the way it was and the wife gets pissed...

Welcome Bob, im pretty new to this forum lots of good people here with some really good advice.Good luck to you and your wife i look forward to reading about your adventure into the grape world.Keep us posted,love all those wines you mentioned,alicantie is a great blending wine,usually with zins...

John this is a very good question,it could of been a 2004 zin and merlot,or a 2006 cab/merlot,hands down i think its the 2008 chilean syrah my brother and i made.or maybe my 2008 petite syrah ah.these all did very well in competions as well. These are all from grapes.:try

Yes thats what i used.i would use your strawberry that you have fermenting.

Peeling figs gave you blisters?Man my family has been growing figs for years and they are the most delicate fruit to peel when ripe.What was your ph on this very acidic wine?I see your acid level was through the roof,but i have never made a mustang grape wine before.

I dont think it would hurt to add the oak cubes but dont you rack after it is done mlf then put your wine into your demis or bulk aging containers?Thats when i would add the oak cubes.We Ml our wines before they get put into their oak barrels.But i have read about using oak like a spiral into a...

By the way John congrates on first place,dont remember witch wine comp.It was.My bros and i also crush alot of grapes.

You will have to find out how he sells his grapes like the others say i go by 36lbs lugs or boxes which gives us 2.5 gallons.

Yea John thats what i do our chilean is almost done .How about you did you make any chilean wine?