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    North Carolina Huge selection of supplies for sale

    I have my entire collection of wine supplies for sale. No shipping. Pick up in Hickory or Lincolnton North Carolina or in between those locations. Message me if you are interested. REASONABLE offers only. Over $1,000 in supplies! All in One Pump make reasonable offer Many cases of 1 gallon...
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    Oak for blueberry port?

    Started some blueberry port. Is oak typically added for blueberry port?
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    Wine Trade anyone?

    I have some wine to trade Cranberry Pomegranate Blueberry Pomegranate Red Black Raspberry Zinfandel Pomegranate Black Raspberry Red Raspberry Blackberry Message me with what you have to trade
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    Adding fruit to secondary questions

    Has anyone ever added fresh fruit to the secondary as opposed to an fpak? If so how long did you leave it and what were the results?
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    Wine making from Knudsen Just Juice Concentrates

    I just discovered these juices the other day. Has anyone used them to make wine? Do you just use the juice or do you add water? Maybe some water or maybe a frozen concentrate to compliment the variety being used with some water? I used the pomegranate Just Juice to back flavor concord wine...
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    Island Mist Blackberrry Merlot

    How long will these last if the ABV is 6.65? I am at bottling (actually forgot about it) as it was started 9/01/12. I am wondering about fortifying it with maybe blackberry brandy? Any suggestions? Opps should have said Black Raspberry
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    Muscadine grapes - not enough

    Due to late frosts our muscadine crop is small. What can I add to what I have and still make 3 gallons of wine. I only have 12 pounds of muscadines in the freezer and that is it for this year.
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    Potassium metabisulfite math help

    Can someone help? I would like to mix my kmeta in water and then add the correct amount to each gallon of wine. We age in 1 gallon carboys. So if I were to mix say 8 oz of water how much kmeta would I put in 8 oz and how much would of the solution would I add to each gallon?
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    Why does the peach must smell so bad?

    Did my first racking on my peach wine. Dang, it smells awful. Quite awhile ago I did peach, mango, strawberry and pineapple (frozen fruit) and it had the same awful smell. But the latest racking it smelled wonderful. I am so glad I did not pitch it out because I sure was tempted!
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    Jam for a fruit pack? Has anyone tried it?

    I am short on some frozen strawberries for the fruit pack and am wondering about using something like Strawberry jam.
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    What is your favorite straberry wine recipe?

    I have my strawberries in the freezer. I have been looking for a recipe. What is your favorite recipe?
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    Island Mist Kiwi Pear

    I am going to be starting this soon. Has anyone else made this wine?
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    Will splash raking cause

    I had some wine I just could not get the gas out so I splashed racked it to carboys 3 times. It had already had kmeta and sorbate and bentonite added when I discovered all the co2. Well,that did the trick in getting rid of the co2. Question is do I need to worry about oxidation? Is there...
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    Photo of my "tropical wine"

    I thought I would share this photo of my Peach, Mango,Strawberry,Pineapple wine. These were frozen bags of fruit from Wally World. While I could not find an exact recipe I was able to figure it out from other wines I have made. Of the 3.5 gallons I racked, I will probably end up with 2...
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    Yeast energiizer

    Will yeast energizer help with fermentation that is stuck at 1.000? 1 teaspoon per gallon? Thank you"!
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    Help with a recipe, strawberry, pineapple, peach and mango

    I picked up 2 bags of the above frozen fruit. I have a total of 8 pounds thawing in the primary pail. Any one have a recipe? How much wine do you think 8 pounds of fruit would make? They were not cheap at $12.00 for a 4 pound bag so I don't want to make any mistakes. Can any one offer...
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    We put in a full day already PHOTOS

    We did the final racking on 30 gallons of wine today. Added k-meta, and sorbate. No finings because we let it clear on its own. With the exception of the Black Current (and it was clear) all of the wine was started in November of 2011. We bought large Rubbermaid totes with lids and will...
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    HELP Almond wine

    So I have it in a pail for 5 days. Fermentation has stopped, no bubbles, no sound, very strong alchol taste. Starting sg was 1.090 now it is 1.000 Directions are not clear on many different recipes for the Almond wine, just to rack to secondary in 5 or 6 days. No directions to add...
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    Head space

    I have several wines in secondaries. They each have about 2 inches of head space. At what point do I leave no head space, filled to the top? Still new "here"............
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    Photo of 3 gallons of Peach wine

    We put 3 gallons of peach wine in carboys yesterday. They are perking along this morning. One is a bit slower then the other 2. Any idea why? Today after a trip to the wine store we will do about 5 gallons of blueberry. We plan to start 2 new wines today, one raspberry. Have not decided on...
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