Some of you might remember a wine that I had trouble fermenting because my sulphite was up around 80ppm. (Thanks again Terry and Jim for your advice.) Well...
Well, I came over from the "other group," also. I could maybe dealt with the idiot flamers, but maybe not. The biggest issue for me is a group that's...
What part of E Tn. ? I am in Ringgold Ga . just south of Chattanooga ... From: nigeltufneleleven [mailto:nigeltufneleleven@...] Sent: Friday, December...
Dan and Rhonda re your process outlined below. 1) adding 1 campden tablet per gallon prior to yeast addition is sure to kill off the wild yeast as well as any...
The easiest way is to take 2L pop bottles and freeze them then one by one allow to thaw in a cool area so that you collect only what did not freeze. The other...
In order to do this at home, with as little mess as possible, what would be a good procedure for me to "freeze fractionate" my watermelon juice? ... ice, pear...
I just started 12 gallons of cabernet sauvignon from juice I purchased from American Wine Grape Distributors. Anyone have experience with them? Also, I've...
Hello fellow wine-makers! We started making our first wine ever at the end of August of this year. So far we have red currant, pear, and apple in the making....
Freeze fractionation is a term used in making of some of the apple ice, pear ice etc types of wines. The juice is brought in then frozen then thawed at low...
I'm not real sure what you mean by "freeze fractionate." Couldn't I just cook it down like you do when you make jelly? ... causes significant dilution of the...
Watermelon has a lot of water in it (an understatement right) which causes significant dilution of the flavours. I'd be tempted to try and freeze fractionate a...
A neighbor of mine, just let me have what appears to be about 15 gallons of watermelon juice that he had frozen. Now I've heard the Tom T. Hall song about...
... hardy. Are you familiar with Bob Parke and Tom Plotcher's work in this area. ... border line here. I live about 50 miles from Elmer Swenson's vineyard and...
Russ, what grapes are you growing that you consider to be cold hardy. Are you familiar with Bob Parke and Tom Plotcher's work in this area. Terry ... From:...
The only thing that you might want to add is to make a ice ring with some of the fruit in it, then place that on top floating in a large bowl when serving. ...
Hi Thanks for letting me join.I live way up in northern Wi.I have a little vineyard around 100 vines mostly cold hardy hybrids.Most of the vines are young yet...
Hi all- I am wanting to take a good drink to share at my work's xmas party tonight. I found a recipe on a yahoo recipe group and would like your input before...
Just to reiterate Jon's welcome, we hope to make this an interactive group for sharing of experiences in wine making but will also entertain questions in...
Good for you Dusty! I think that is really neat that your hobby could possibly turn into a way to make a living. I'm from E. Tennessee and own quite abit of...
Hello Bob ! I don't live in the Kansas City area, but I am always interested in discussing my "hobby" with anybody.I too am new to this group,the other group...
In order to maintain some amount of control in the group, we will require every members first post (or first few posts) to be approved before it makes it to...
Hello everyone, Thanks for coming to the new group. Hopefully this will be a better forum for us to discuss our wine making interests. I have enlisted...
Greetings one and all! I am located in Southeastern Montana. I've been making wine for about 30 years ... some of it has been good. I have used mostly native ...
Hey all, I am new to this group and frankly to this hobby. I wonder if there are any of you in the Kansas City area that would be interested in chating with ...
Howdy, My name is Tom and I'm looking forward to exchanging info with the members of this group. I make a lot of fruit wines and a couple of years ago started...
Thanks for starting this group. I'll start off with re-introducing myself. I made wine about 20 years ago, and got back into it this year. I've used kits,...
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