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Just read another user's post concerning a blackberry wine that lacked flavor. I've got the same problem with a batch of peach that's ready for the bottle all except for it's lack of peach flavor. It tastes more like a white wine. I back-sweetened some to try to bring out the peach. But...

I just bottled 5 gallons each of strawberry and blueberry over the weekend. While at the shop picking up some cases of 750's, I also got a case of 1/2 gallons. I did 3 of the 1/2 gallons of each wine, then the rest in 750's. The 1/2 gallons have screw-on lids with a waxed cardboard disc...

...can I reasonably expect my bottled wines to keep?? This is my 2nd year at winemaking and I've had overwhelmingly good successes. Last year I did blueberry, blackberry, red raspberry, elderberry and yellow pear tomato in gallon batches. Currently, this year, I have done a 5 gal. each of...

I have a 5 gal. batch of blueberry in the carboy. As per the recipe, I am to rack in 3 days (Saturday.......3 weeks after the addition of the final round of water & sugar). But it's still popping the airlock quite regularly and has not clarified much at all, yet. I was thinking of racking...

I am very new to this whole wine making experience. I am doing a 5 gallon batch of strawberry. Here's the recipe I'm doing (times 5 obviously). • 4 to 5 pints strawberries • 4 1/2 cups granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon yeast nutrient • 1 lemon, juice and rind • 1 campden tablet • 1/2...

Hey all!! Nice site you've got going on here!! A fellow on an unrelated forum told me about this place last nite. Many thanks to him!! I'm a 40-something newbie to the home hooch making experience. I got the "family recipe" last summer from my wife's uncle. The "family recipe" involves...