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    Odd reaction to kmeta

    Wondering if anyone has some experience with this. I’m an amateur home winemaker and have never seen this before. I’ve got a Zinfandel going right now, started from grapes, roughly 200lbs. Pressed 3.5 weeks ago, inoculated for MLF and never added kmeta (after the initial dose pre-yeast). The...
  2. Ozaner

    White growth on top of the wine

    Hello everyone, can someone please identify the following growth on top of my wine? I consider this a failed attempt, I just want to inform myself on what exactly I managed to culture in my jug.
  3. F

    Infection during MLF

    My merlot got a sign of infection during MLF, so I racked and added sulfite. The MLF was only half way done when the infection occurred. I’m wondering if I can wait for sulfite to go down and restart MLF again. If not, can you advise in what to do as merlot is still pretty tart. Thanks!
  4. P

    What is growing in my bottles after 4 months?

    First time making wine from juice. I racked it twice and it was clear in bottling day. All of my equipment was sanitized with starsan, but I just noticed today that it has these globs floating in it. Any idea what this could be or what went wrong? Thanks in advance.
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