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Mango Season Tis the season to be jolly here in Costa Rica as this is the peak of the mango season. Just finished peeling and deseeding a bunch of mangos and put 22 lbs. cleaned mangoes in the freezer. Have enough imported Italian concentrate coming in to make 24 gallons cabernet sauvignon...

Hi Cindy. My wife and I moved from northern Baltimore County to retire in Costa Rica. Good luck in your future wine making. Mike

I used 28# of cleaned ripe strawberries along with 4 gallons of water to make a 6 gallon batch of wine. Wine was finished to semi dry and was excellent with a great boquet.

I have the same problem with primaries. Why don't the manufacturers recognize the problem and print the emboss,print, etc. on the inside of the the primary?

In addition to the above, especially if you are doing kits, don't hurry the wine making process.

Thank you for your replies as I am making 28 gallons of cabernet and don't want to over oak. Mike

Crackedcork, if I'm reading you right, whenever I got a call from someone with bees behind their walls or in their eaves, etc., I always refused to take care of them because of the liability. I also was on the list for the northern Baltimore Fire Depts, the Baltimore Police Dept and State...

Oak Don't know what happened there but what would be the equivalent quantity of oak chips and what time period compared to cubes. Mike

I just received an order from George and found that I had mis-ordered medium toast French oak chips where I wanted medium French oak cubes. He recommends 2 months for the cubes using 3 ounces. What would be the e

There's just one problem here. Beekeeping is like winemaking - it's additive. I was a beekeeper for over 10 years when we lived in the U.S. I also started with 3 hives and 3 years later I had over 50, did pollination for farmers moving bees at night until 12:00 to 1:00 in the morning, made...

Sarah, living on Costa Rica we get mangoes all year long but in June/July they get darn cheap - 6 1/2 # for about $2.00. I use 20# of skinned, deseeded mangoes to make 5 gallons. After backsweetning and aging 6 months the results are like a sweet reisling. Mike

I use the paper from George - 18 sheets for $5.99 in colors or white. Mike

I'm referring to the mango skins. Mike

Consider removing the skins as many people are allergic to them. Mike

I made 4, 6 gallon batches of cabernet sauvignon from concentrate. Except for the control batch with no added oak cubes, each had oak added of Amerian Oak, French and Hungarian all in House Toast. Each had the oak cubes left in for 2 months. Acid was at .65 and the concentrate was all from...

Wade, I have returned to this post several times. Maybe it should be a sticky. Mike

Assuming that you have adjusted your TA after fermentation you in most likelyhood still have a sour or tart fruit wine. I have found that almost all fruit wines require sweetening. My wife likes sweet wines while I like dry, so she is easy. At the very least I have found that I have to...

It was a joke.

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