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Fermenting Kit Wine in a Barrel
Battonage Barrel Battonage Chardonnay Filtering the Chardonnay Chardonnay Filtered Chardonnay First Rack Chardonnay Fined Chardonnay Hydrometer Racking Out
View ArticleCan I Reduce Tannins in a Wine Kit Without Aging?
I seem to have extracted too much tannin during primary fermentation of my Cellar Craft Carmenère kit because the must is quite tannic and bitter. This is probably because instead of just punching...
View ArticleKit Dessert Wines: Drinking Port
Drinking Port To my palate, Port is toothsome — it somehow seems to satisfy and delight all on its own. Back when I smoked a pipe (and nothing looks dopier than someone under the age of 40 smoking a...
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Rhône in a Box: Wine Kits
Want to make a Rhône-style wine, but don’t own a vineyard in France? Explore these wines with the help of a kit. A good winemaker understands not only his or her grapes and where and how they are...
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Young Wine Kits: Wine Kits
You should never drink a wine before its time . . . but sometimes that time is now. Back in the April-May 2002 issue of WineMaker I wrote an article about picking the right wine kit. The McGuffin of...
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Unoaked Wine: Wine Kits
Hold the oak. A look at "woodless" wines. "The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" — Sherlock Holmes "If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if...
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Yeast Trials: Wine Kits
Just because your wine kit comes with a certain yeast, that doesn't mean you can't experiment with other options. I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.—Benjamin Franklin People...
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Troubleshooting Part II (Visual Defects): Wine Kits
Whether your kit wine is hazy, cloudy, or lumpy, we have a fix for it! The old truism of the commercial wine industry is that people drink with their eyes first. This is natural since you'll see your...
View ArticleTroubleshoot Aroma: Wine Kits
From burnt matches to chemicals, to rotten eggs and dead trout; we've got you covered if your wine kit stinks. Before we finish shooting smelly troubles in wine kits we need to do a quick recap of the...
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Award-Winning Kit Winemakers Roundtable
Four seasoned kit winemakers share their secrets to making medal-worthy wines from kits. How do you make the best possible homemade wine from a kit? You know, something truly great that can stand out...
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