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Does anyone know a product that does this. I just got an aspirator off of ebay for 45 bucks. The cheapest minijet I've seen is about 180. Seems to me if I could have the filter media there is no reason to buy the minijet. Anyone got some jerry rigged setup?

I like the Mezza Luna white. What kind of grapes are in this kit? I dumped the full f-pack in the primary. I just started making it again. This time I'm leaving it out. It will be interesting to see the difference between the two.

The only reason I really do is my local shop only carries this kit. He sold a lot of beer stuff but is realizing that wine is starting to account for about 70% of his revenue. He just hasn't expanded his selection yet because his store is very small. I'm pretty positive he could order me some...

Thanks for all the replies. This is what I did. Went to the store and bought another carboy and some other things. I picked up the Mezza Luna White. As some may recall that is how I found this board by not reading the directions carefully enough and dumping the full F-pack in the primary...

The two kits that I made said leave an airlock off. I know beer needs a lock on the primary. I did put a lock on the carboy though.

hmm. I should try that. I've only made two kits. The first I beat the **** out of for days with a drill whipper thing. Then I put a wine vac on through an airlock. It cleared pretty well. I've had a riesling clearing for weeks now and it's still cloudy. Turns out degassing is pretty important. ha.

Haha. The guy. Not the most flattering picture but it's funny. Maybe i'll post another where I'm not drunk and tired. :-) She's actually a silky terrier. A few pounds heavier than a yorkie but they look the same when you keep their hair short. Ha. As soon as my joints start aching I'll...

Thought I'd post a picture just to show you that a few young bloods make some wine too.

Well maybe I'll just do one of the VR kits again and age that for the summer. Do you guys recommend bulk aging for most the summer and then bottling towards the end of the year? Or most of the time in the bottle?

Alright. So my girlfriend and I have done two expert kits. The Mezza Luna White and the Washington Riesling. Both turned out pretty well. Now we want to start a red and bulk age it for about six months. I know everybody has different tastes in reds but I just want to hear everyones personal...

I'm pretty new at this. I've had the Winexpert Mezza Luna white bulk aging for about a month now. I want to bottle it but I still need about four or five more bottles. I'm also making the Washington Riesling right now. I'm pretty excited about the ML white. I tasted some last week and it's...

Alright. I've been degassing with a drill and a wine saver vacuum pump for two days. Still a good amount of bubbles coming up. What am I looking for? No bubbles. A few bubbles?

Alright so I'm done with secondary fermentation. It ended up at .99 Much lower than the .098 the directions said. I'll blame that on the f-pack I added early. I added pack 2 and 3. I've been degassing with a drill and a whip. When I'm done degassing do I add the clarifier? Or add it and keep...

Great. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm very new to wine making. Right now I have the Mezza Luna White in my primary and was wanting to buy a red. My girlfriend and I usually drink whites but when we drink reds we usually lean to cabernet and merlot. We want to do the Cabernet Franc. It seems like this will suite...

Great. I'm excited. Well I can't imagine it would drop .06 in a day so i'll check it again on Monday. Thanks again.

Alright. It has been six days. I think the gravity I started at was about 1.11 Took a reading today and it was down to 1.07 It's a little higher than I thought it would be. Must have not been warm enough. Anyways it says to rack to the carboy at 1.01 or lower. Since I added that f-pack too...

Sweet. Thank you guys. I was worried that I ruined the batch. Thanks again.

Alright this is my first batch of wine that I've tried to make. It's the Vintner's Reserve Mezza Luna White. So I read all of the instructions but misread a step. It came with two bags of grape juice. 1 large bag and an F-pack. Well the f-pack was supposed to wait until the end...