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The F-Pac was added and the wine backsweetened, bottled and will soon be on its way to the mountains. Not bad at this stage--just a bit tart. Will give it a year.

Secondary. The steamed juice tends to produce considerable scum.

What a mess! Foam and scum from a blackberry wine made with steamed-juice entered the airlock last night and spread a mess around the carboy. This was my first such occurrence and I hope the last.

Oak goes very well with blackberry.

I love my Better Bottles! I do my last racking from secondary into glass where I then degas, clear and bottle. I feel I get the best of both worlds.

Thanks for the info. but I am in Zone 7 so those types are not recommended.

I want to plant in the mountains of Virginia (Zone 7)? Which should I order? How many plants for 12 gallons wine from each? Thanks for your help.

Nice!

Wine makin' time!

I wouldn't dump it. I would proceed as normal, taste it when it is finished. Dump it if it is vinegar and bottle it, if not. Give it a year and taste it again. If it is too hot, try blending a relatively small measured amount with another wine. If that results in something palatable, bottle the...

The plum is now in glass. It has been degassed and is clearing. I just tasted it for the first time and it has a hint of bitterness. I had reserved 2 quarts juice to reduce and make an F-Pac but now I am becoming hesitant to do so. I will give this more time and defer my decision until later.

I do the same as Waldo.

When I have made blackberry by fermenting the fruit, I have found that it necessary to remove the fruit after no more than 4 days in primary. Otherwise, the wine was bitter because of the high tannin in the seeds. I now steam-juice all my fruit and my blackberry wine is fermented using...

My best wishes to you.

This one will be interesting to follow.

When I was a younger man, our homemade apple juice always ended up fermenting on its own. Nothing added. It was naturally carbonated, cloudy and low in alcohol--delicious chilled.

Waldo, you are persuading me to plant some muscadines!

Thanks, Gaudet. I have arrived there and enjoying a glass of dry blackberry from the cellar.

SG is .990. Racked and added K-Meta. Leaving for the mountains for 2 weeks. Will degas, add F-Pac, backsweeten and add sorbate when I return.

Yes, use the airlock.