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Thanks for the reply. I'm sure it stated that in the directions which were lost from the container.

I sprayed my Concord vines this year for the first time ever with Sevin. They were covered with beatles and something else that was eating the vines. My question is, what can I do to make sure all the pesticide is off the grapes when I harvest them? If I rinse them...there almost has to...

Thanks...I figured the non-synthetic cork need to be moist.

Greg...that makes sense. I may just experiment in the secondary. Would it be wise to use pasteurized juice opposed to fresh pressed juice to minimize contamination?

Here is a stupid question... Does white wine get stored with corks up? I bottled 5 gal of Riesling with non synthetic corks. I had someone tell me, "you store white wine with corks up".

What would be the best way to flavor wine juice with lets say peach? I am looking to get 6 gallon of Chardonnay or a Riesling this Fall and would like it to have some peach flavoring. I did a Riesling last year and just bottled it...it turned out awesome and I am simply looking to add a twist...

Thanks for the good info Yooper...I never thought of racking it in a smaller bottle, LOL. I do have 1/2 gallon bottles and stoppers.

I transferred my juices to all my secondaries. I started out with 6 gallon of each variety. This provided me enough juice to fill a 5 gallon carboy and a 1 gallon bottle. My question is: my 2 reds, Chianti and Barolo, show airlock activity in the 5 gallon carboy's but not in the 1 gallon...

Thanks for taking the time to post that link.

I failed to get on a local imported grape juice order and I am looking for a place to purchase order grape juice. Is there any place online that I can order from that has 6gal buckets? I am looking for any European red varieties. Edit... I finally got some juice locally. Not real local...

I racked it and topped it off with the extra 1.5 gallon I had on hand. There is about 1.5" of head space and its still bubbling slowly. I made sure I sterilized everything that came in contact with the wine. I took a SG reading of 1.010. I tasted the test tube of wine and was very surprised...

Cool, thanks for the tip and advise. I thought something went wrong with the water being sucked back in. The airlock is still full and don't think it sucked any in, it just sucked it to the one side. After I rack, i'll fill the airlock with vodka. Will it continue to bubble after I rack?

My grape wine seemed to have stopped bubbling. The water in the S airlock looks like its being sucked back inside the carboy. Is that normal? Is this the stage they call bulk storage? I'm going to rack it for the second time.

I'm going to rack soon and what can I use to replace the lost volume? Boil some tap water? How much headspace to leave? Wish I would have saved a gallon for topping off!

Thanks for the tips and suggestions! As of today, the Krausen has disappeared and the airlock is bubbling vigorously. I assume it will slow as time goes on? I know my grapes bubbled vigorously at first but slowed to a bubble every minute or two. Should I add more campden tablets when I...