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Thanks all, it's bubbling away just fine it seems.

Not at alt, a few hundred feet in central Texas.

Mike, that's what I usally do. I've been reading the morewines red wine book and they like the effervescent packets, just was curious it that would be the way to use them. I'm getting a bunch of small batches of grapes from FVW (ranging from 2 - 4 lugs) and was looking for an easy way to use the...

I want to add this to fresh crushed grapes this fall to protect the must for 24 hrs until I pitch the yeast. Please double check my math. If I mix up a 2g packet in 10cc of water I can use a syringe to does my must at 1 cc per gal to give it about 50ppm SO2?

It's a KenRidge LE kit from this year. I checked the juice before I put the grapes in and before I put the oak in. I leave a hydrometer in the bucket as I go and this morning it was still right around 1.080. I didn't check in detail jsut glanced before I stirred. I suppose it could be a temp...

I just started mine last night. The juice bag was full of pressure, like pushing the box out of square. I had set it off to the side and didn't notice until last night so I opened it quick and mixed it up. Not sure what is going on. I often store kits for a few months until I get several and...

Aye, Going to pick up grapes at FVW and de-stem/crush right away. I'll add kmeta, drive back to central Texas then measure, correct and add additives. Thanks.

When should we add the Lallzyme Ex and OptiRed, right after it's crushed? or after we get home (3 hr drive) and have completed the pH, TA, SG testing? Also, would you add some K-meta or Efferbakal packets right at crush too?

Thank you. I printed that one out but it doesn't have those varieties in it, so was looking for some direction.

Can you suggest a couple yeast strains for the Barbera and the Petit Verdot?

Thank you! I will go get the manuals now. Would it be beneficial to do primary fermentation in seperate tubs with different yeasts then blend? There wouldn't be many choices in the blend becuase we could only mix up what we had into the 6 gal batches? If you did this, when would you mix the...

I’m going to try a few batches of wine from grapes using the CA grapes from FVW this year with two friends. I’ve done plenty of kits, several frozen musts and one batch of wild grapes. Looking for a little feedback on our plan. We are limited to 3 six gal batches. We know the best way to...

Thanks all. Juice tasted fine, good call on the yeast and chemicals.

My symphony had a coconut taste to it.

I just found a 2009 White Ice Wine style kit tucked away. The juice looks a bit darker than it's suppose to but I'm going to make it anyway. Any concerns or tips?

Here is an old quote from Tim Vandergrift (WE rep). It's from 2005 but I've seen the same response from him in various forms over the last several years. "Most wine kits designed to make dry table wines (such as most reds and Chardonnay--the two varieties that get malolactic when made...

These were judged yesterday (with results to come next month)?

Here the 3 are, still working on the deer fence so they are in buckets. We got over 3" of rain last night/this morn so not sure if I can dig holes today. The Norton The two Black Spanish

Thanks, I wasn't sure if the cheapone was a specific use only. I'd hate to pick it up only to find out I really needed the other one.

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