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Hello, I had a question about making blackberry port. I recently started a batch of Wineexpert Blackberry port but I also had 2 gallons of Blackberry Wine that I started at the same time. I decided that since the kit was only 3 gallons that I would make the 2 gallons of Blackberry Wine into port...

My husband and I found a really great port at a tasting room in California when we went out to visit family. It was a zinfandel port from Mayo Family Winery. We bought 5 bottles while there and brought them home but they went too quick. Then realizing we loved it so much we went to all the local...

The Specific Gravity numbers are a little bit off but it does help ALOT! Thank you!! ~Kate

Hi! Ok, I don't know how I lost them but they are gone... I can't find the instructions that came with my latest kit. I started a "Selection Speciale Blackberry Port" from Winexpert last week and I think I am supposed to do something to the kit tomorrow. Right now it's sitting in the primary...

Hello, I was wondering if anyone still uses melting wax for dipping the tops of their wine bottles before storing them away. I've used the heat-shrink plastic type ones and they are fairly easy to use. The melting wax seems like a pain in the butt. I was wondering if anyone still does this or if...

Thanks, Ken. I figured that I goofed up with this after I did it. Last night I started a packet of 1118 yeast and put it in before I went to bed. I figured worst case senario , I wasted ~$10 total on the juice, sugar, and yeast. It looks like the yeast thrived from last night. Maybe it will be...

I just had to do this last week with a 1 gallon batch. The prob. with splitting it is that you have to let it boil for 5 mins and some of the liquid boils away. I just did the regular measurement (1 tbsp to 1 cup), boiled it for 5 minutes, then only used half of a 1/3 measuring cup. (that would...

So, I just racked a red zinfandel kit into a clean carboy and had a great idea.. I hear a lot about people using the left over sludge/yeast from one wine and making SP out of it or other wines. I had 2 bottles of organic cranberry juice laying around so I figured why let a good yeast slurry go...

I was wondering... The directions for Sparklloid is to dissolve 1 tbsp in 1 cup boiling water and boil for 5 minutes, then add to 6 gallon batch of wine. What if I had a 1 gallon batch of wine I wanted to clear? Could I use 1/2 tsp of Sparklloid and 1/2 of a 1/3 measuring cup of water (that...

Hi Fellow S Jersey member! It's great to see a lot of people from S Jersey on here. I live in Sewell-Mantua Twp.. Not too far from Mullica Hill at all! I didn't know about the S. Jersey group. I think I might check into that as well! :) Cheers! ~ Kate

That was interesting! Thanks!

I have a question sort of on the lines of this thread so I'm just going to post it here. ... I made a 6 gal batch of Pinot Noir in the beginning of this yr and it was bottled in March because the instructions said I could. The last steps, where I added the sorbate and clearing agent, it said to...

Cindy, you ROCK! Thanks!!!!

Thanks! Did your crest have that golden color in the background or did you add that yourself? How did you make your label?

I use my dishwasher racks like that, too. I don't actually wash them in the dishwasher because I don't trust they will get clean enough. I do however spray down my dishwasher racks with Kmeta and use them like Cindy to hold bottles upside down while drying. My family has a coat of arms, too. I...

Hi again, I have a question about clearing agents. Does it matter which clearing agent I use? I have a kit that I am in the step where I am supposed to use Chitosan, which is derived from shell fish. I am making a Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel kit. I've read that usually people with shell fish...

Hi, Tala! Welcome! This is a great place to learn as well as a great group of people that run the forum. I've been to SF a few times while visiting family that lives in Sonoma County. What an awesome place to live! :)

That looks delicious!

Here's one that I came up with. Don't laugh. It is similar to another wine label I saw somewhere but I modified it, changed the name a bit to fit my wine, etc. I plan on changing the witch and name of wine for each different wine I made. There's a ton of witches that I can pick and choose from...

I was just wondering, I finally got ink in my printer and I was going to print a few labels for some bottles I have aging. However, it's pretty tricky coming up with a name for my wine. Everyone here seems to find something unique to name their wine and they all have neat labels. Is it bad if I...