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I have what I consider to be an excellent recipe using steam-juiced fruit. If you plan to use this approach, I will gladly share the recipe.

Glad things turned out well for you.

I concur with the recommendation to get a stainless steel model. I also have the Muhu Liisa.

I certainly do!

If you are going to be serious about wine-making, seriously consider investing in a floor corker. Mine is the single best investment I have made in wine-making. I used to dread corking. I finally resorted to steaming my corks to facilitate their use--a no no. Now, an effortless press of the...

The blackberries grow wild in abandoned farm fields on the mountainsides. Their only cost is a lot of hard work, sweat and blood. The cherries were picked from a neighbor's tree in the mountains--she is in her 80's and no longer cares for them. The plums are a gift from a neighbor who lives in...

Nice!

I picked 61 pounds by myself last year. It took weeks for my hands to heal! I plan to start steam-juicing tomorrow. When I return home I will steam-juice 37 pounds of plumbs and 23 pounds of cherries. Next up for picking, elderberries and apples.

First, the berries were picked in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. Second, I have used different yeasts making blackberry wine but the best, in my opinion has been Montrachet. Thirdly, I have used the juice from 30 pounds of berries to make 6 gallon wines. Lastly, I have never made a port...

I couldn't make it to the mountains during the time coinciding with the peak of the picking season so two old friends did some picking for me. Obviously they are true friends! They had picked 41 pounds when I finally arrived. We went picking again yesterday and, although the season is almost...

No, it will not darken over time.

The pin cherries I am familiar with are dark so I am confidentthey are not pin cherries. I suggest you send your photo to a botanist at a local university. Until then, beware. Are the birds eating them?

The beauty of a database is that it provides almost instantaneous searches. My database contains information on the typical data associated with making the wine, i.e., sugar added, wine-making chemicals added, etc. It also contains all my wine recipes, an inventory of all my wines, their age and...

I created a database for my Mac using Helix Rade, an old relational database that uses icons for programming. If you are adept at working with databases, I suggest you create your own.

Me, too!

I have made pineapple wine using Welch's Concentrate. After 18 months in the bottle it tastes great. Tasted young it was horrible.

Sounds great! I have had good success adding a bottle of red grape concentrate once fermentation is complete and K-Meta and Sorbate have been added.

Thanks for the feedback. We are currently away from home and this is the first time I had to check in.

Has anyone steam-juiced elderberries? Thoughts/recommendations?

Nothing shameful in your question whatsoever. I have used Sparkalloid on numerous occasions. However, I now almost exclusively use SuperKleer.