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OK...Here is an update on my Cabernet from a kit...My 1st wine making experience! I am just about 5 days in, there are some suds on the top of my wine in the 5 gallon carboy, my water lock is sending bubbles through about every 2-3 seconds, the room that my carboy is in is a little smelley :-)...

I had to add the sugar because I bought just the concentrate from a wine supply store, it was much much cheaper than buying the concentrate with the grape juice...I saved about $60 and then bought $5 worth of sugar, whether it turns out or not will be a diff story....I dont really care if I...

Help yourself to the thread...I dont mind! How do you know that you are ready to rack to secondary and what does the top of your wine look like at this point because I am about 3 days in, the "moldy looking stuff" that was on the top of my wine after 24 hrs is no longer there...I just have some...

OK that sounds good. Why are the directions I am following seem to be so much easier or different than others with primary/secondary fermentation...I am done and letting my wine sit for 6 weeks and then add the sorbate and then the kleer and then I bottle...Does it make a difference that all of...

I bought the concentrate at www.HomeWinery.com and got the Cabernet...They sent me all ingredients needed for my wine and if you click on Wine Concentrate, and click on the wine set up sheet, I am following those directions, word for word...here is a link: http://homewinery.com/concentrate.pdf

It might be my wine but I am certainly an amateur...I am making a Cabernet Savaugion (sp??) from a concentrate that I bought online. The owner of the shop I bought it from directed me to add 5.5 lbs of sugar, I probably have added 6 and I stopped there. My process is only 24 hrs old as well, I...

Thanks for the help...It is fermenting but I just dont want it to be Grape Juice when all is said and done...My hydrometer reads from .990 to 1.170 so I guess my reading is at 1.060 and I am just a little concerned that the level is low...If you think I am OK than I will leave it alone for 5...

Hi Everyone....This is my first post, lets see what kind of help I can get. I am brand new to winemaking, I just bought a wine kit so on and so forth...I am making a Cabernet from concentrate....The place where I bought it told me to add 5.5 lbs. of sugar, I did that and some. My hydrometer...