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Absolutely yes. Wine Diamonds are considered a mark of a well made wine in some parts of the world. Particularly if the bottle was aged for any length of time.

It's March 5th. I know I've seen snow on St. Patricks Day and almost always a frost before the end of March. If I was a betting man, I would put money on Mid-Mo and by extension the bootheel getting some frost.

Welcome to WMT. Sounds like you are well on your way in this hobby. I don't have experience with Viognier, so I can't give you concrete numbers, I would think a bit more acidic (3.3-3.2) is where I like most white wines. Can't comment on the TA level to shoot for as I don't measure that with...

Welcome to WMT!! I hope you enjoy your time around here. It's a pretty friendly corner of the internet. Blending, conceptually very easy. Add A which has this good thing to B that has that good thing and when I do 25% A and 75% B it's great, but 50%/50% is just okay. and 75%/ 25% is not...

My wife and I have been picking up the heck out of that $4.99 / bottle from Costco. A Spanish Gernache/Syrah blend. I can't figure out how you make a bottle, cap it (not cork, so cheaper there), ship and store it to Costco (3-4 pallets per store) and then they sell it for $5 a bottle. I...

My guess as to why they aren't responding to the technically illegal part is that what they are advertising and saying is 49 calories from glucose in the final product. They are not claiming only 49 calories in an entire glass. The chart posted above shows the total calories in a glass of...

I am certain I am not alone in thinking, What the What, how the heck do you stab someone with a squirrel. So off to google I go, type "Wife Stabs" and up pops with a squirrel. And now the rest of the story...

Ignoring the Island Mist/ OrchardBreezing Wine cooler style low alcohol, high sweetness kits and those are drinkable so fast due to the low alcohol high sweetness and the non aging intent of them. Wine made from scratch can be consumed shortly after making just the same as kits. I have...

Absolutely amazing. I think I would pay money to see him perform in person.

Even thought you say it tastes fine, can you post a picture of it in a glass and maybe a small amount of it also, so we can see how brown. I have had some Norton around Missouri that was very, very slightly brownish and to me or anyone else didn't taste oxidized at all, so it may be just fine...

Yes, if you add the sweetener bag at all, then adding Potassium Metabisulphite and Potassium Sorbate at the same time are necessary. But, if you add all the sweetner bag up front and ferment to dry, then the K-Meta and K-Sorbate are not necessary to be added. I have never done this, but many...

Yes, you can add the sweetener bag in at primary and boost the OG. Another thought (and this is one I do), add about 4 lbs of sugar up front, that raises the ABV up to about 10% and then add in the sweetener bag to a bit less than you think is the perfect taste. You can even add in more sugar...

Ebay is the place to look for these I found several using "vacuum pump medical suction" as the search term. Price seems to be about $150-200. In my book that almost makes the buying of the All In One Wine Pump the way to go, but that's just me and I understand you got all the stuff and just...

For fun, I generated this one. Our Golden doodle is the quality control napper for our Winery.

Another cork that I have used quite successfully for at lest three years, possibly longer are these: https://morewinemaking.com/products/wine-corks-1-34-acquamark.html at $0.20 US each, I find them very good. I buy 200-300 at a time, keep them in the bags they come in, out of the light until...

I think you waited a bit long to pitch the EC-1118 and the alcohol concentration was to high for it to start. With your OG only being 1.084, there w=probably wasn't a need to pitch the EC-1118, RC-212 is good to about 16% ABV and even if you got down to 0.994, that's still only 12% ABV.

If you plan on following the time-table indicated by the instructions (4-8 weeks) then topping up / racking down is probably not required. However, if you plan to bulk age for longer than that time frame. Then topping up and / or racking down to a smaller carboy is a good idea.

This happened today. 6 cases (almost) of 2022 Chambourcin bottled. In carboys since Oct. 2022. Malolactic Bacteria added during fermentation. Dakota supervised bottling.