Recent content by sparkymark58

I take it that I can't carbonate this batch any more. I've got a batch of blueberry going now. At what step do I separate off one gallon of wine to carbonate? Thank-you.

So, I made an Orchard Breezin' Srawberry White Zin last month and bottled four gallons normally.To the last gallon, I added one oz. of corn sugar and bottled it in beer bottles. Its been four weeks and still no carbonation. Should I have added a little yeast? I was told that there would be...

After some brainstorming, I've come up with an idea. The directions say this wine ferments out at 12%, but I like my wine at 8%. Could I use 2/3 of the juice(with new yeast), stabilize and then backsweeten with the remaining juice? Would that work? Thanks

I was lucky this weekend to find at a garage sale a wine making kit (fermenter, glass carboy, hydrometer and four cases of wine bottles for $25.00. Also, a wine kit, Heron Bay Sauvignon Blanc. I started making wine earlier this year, mostly Orchard Breezin' sweet wines. The Heron Bay is a dry...