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OK, I am a doofus and ordered carbonation tablets (I thought they would add carbonation - always learning, eh?) and a trial pack of fizzies. I used the lemon with my cocoplum wine (which tastes like cranberry). So I started my "tests" yesterday. Will do my sampling in one week. Wade...

ingredients This is interesting chemistry experiment: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed077p1608A

Hi guys - haven't been on the forum in a bit as I have gotten caught up making liqueurs and spirits in addition to fruit wines. In any case, I continue to research the easiest, cheapest, safest way to add a little sparkle to my wines and stumbled upon the fizzies tablets. If you didn't mind...

yes, I have about 5 lbs of fruit and juice so far - many of the grapes are still green, so hope I will be able to do a 5 gallon batch. Tom, I can't recall the official name, but the trees are seagrape trees with seagrape leaves and grow in beach/coastal areas. It is common to make wine and...

This is the only recipe I can find online, but it may need tweaking a bit.... (especially the part where the camden tab is added with the yeast?). Any suggestions? The flesh of the grape is very limited and there is a large seed in each grape, so boiling the grapes may be needed, but I...

Wow - that is great to hear, Mark. We are in Belize and had given up on the Mango wine. My first batch was delish (but only 1 gallon). Since then, I have had problems and gave up on Mango. I will have to give it another go :) Did you leave the skin on? I have never had the nerve to try...

It looks a little low to me - I would just top it with a similar wine or water to get it up to the bottom of the neck.

Did I mention I am drinking my port from > 1 yr ago. there are chunks in the bottom, but the flavor is crazy good :)

Dear Luc I'm with you - have tried filtering machines (hand pumped), but I think the best is just time.... I do use clarifying agents on some that are stubborn to clear. Hate the sediment that sometimes builds up (even after 2 yrs or so), so I tell everyone that fruit wines need to be...

I make wine from a fruit called natal plum. They are very tart - like a cranberry. I use a ratio of 1/3 bananas with 2/3 plums. This helps balance the acidity and yeast love the bananas. I de-pit and freeze all of the fruit as this helps extract the most juice. I usually keep the fruit in...

After much experimenting I use a ratio of the following: 1/3 amount pineapple, 1/3 limes (zest and juice) and 1/3 bananas (frozen first). I basically just combine standard (found on this forum) recipes of the above 3 fruits. This is the best white wine I have made thus far! The...

Ok, I am anxious to get my hands on a big batch of these little guys. They are green at the moment. I have friends that are reserving their trees for me, with the promise of wine in their future :) Has anyone else on the board ever made sea grape wine? The grapes are quite small and have a...

Have you de-gassed the wine? I make a lot of fruit wines and find that most don't need too much, but then again I am in a much warmer climate (Belize). Usually just the rackings, stirring up, clarifying agents, etc does the trick for me. Well, except for the red wine concentrates, which...

I thought about cat litter, but who knows? I have tried the egg whites, but it didn't really work very well for me (probably a user error).

What type of corker are you using? You also may have excess gas / renewed fermentation in the wine, which is pushing the cork out. Did you back-sweeten the wine? If so, did you use sorbate? Using shrink wrap toppers will help to secure the cork. But I usually don't apply or turn my wine...

OK - I just racked everything and added sulfite (I had filtered out the white specks yesterday), so cross your fingers for me! Thanks to all for your support and guidance :) XXOO

Hey Allie - thanks for asking! We did just fine during Tropical Storm Alex - just some strong winds and rain, but we got to practice our hurricane preparedness, so all is good :)

You guys are cracking me up! The carboy was in a cooler with no evidence of leaking so I guess I have to face the facts, eh? It is maddening that someone would contaminate my wine this way :( Sulfite it is! So, Wade, the white specks are from oxidation? I have never seen that before...

Ok, I am thinking that someone has been breaking into my wine, so before I confront my housekeeper, can someone help me troubleshoot? 1. My pineapple riesling / 5 gal carboy (6 months age with rubber bung) was low in volume since my last check over 6 weeks ago - by almost 1 gallon! The...

I have had to move / relocate my wine a couple of times and this is what has worked best for me. You might consider placing clean plastic baggies rinsed with K-meta secured rubber bands over or underneath the bungs as well for extra protection for the wine and your vehicle. If there is a...