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[Hippie]

Welcome paubin!

[paubin]

Introducing myself

Hello all, I've been making wines for numerous years now although I had taken a 2 year break until last year. I currently have strawberry rhubarb, rasberry, concord grape, citrus melomel, blueberry melomel bulk aging and resently bottled some blackberry. I look forward to picking your minds for new ideas and such.

Pete

[Hippie]

Hi cellar rat. Welcome to the forum. I am surrounded by Brits and am glad to have another 'Homey' aboard the site!

Do you not like the blackberry as a standalone? I love blackberry wine, but I also have made a blackberry merlot 'mist type' wine that I liked alot. I am also a fan of plain merlot, but not the bone dry very acid ones. I like the Yellowtail brand very much. I have never made a Merlot kit or otherwise.

[Hippie]

Hi barbarajean!

Welcome to the forum. Nice to have another winemaker aboard.

[cellar rat]

Hello from VA

Hello to all. I am Gene from Virginia and have been making wine for the past 6 years. I started out with fruit wines and started making kit wines in addition to fruit. I have shiraz and chardonnay aging in the carboy awaiting bottling and a port wine in the later stages of secondary fermentation just waiting for the brandy!! I also have 5 gallons of blackberry in secondary. I will make a merlot and blend with the blackberry. I tried this blend last year and it turned out nicely. I have enjoyed looking around the forum and look forward to learning more about this interesting hobby.

[heeby]

hellooooooooo barbarajean wedlcome to the dark side
mark

[jojo]

welcome barbarajean

[lockwood1956]

Forgot to add...

if you need winemaking supplies here is a list of UK suppliers
(not all suppliers but all I have found so far)

http://www.winesathome.net/forum/showthread.php?t=236

And some do mail order

http://www.brewgenie.co.uk

their MD Paul is a member of this site

http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk

Run by Patsy and John..nice people

I have dealt with both companies and can verify they give good service

hope this helps

regards
Bob

[lockwood1956]

Hello and welcome to the forum...

Don't be nervous we are a friendly bunch.

A little more information on how you processed them and any measurements you have taken (for example Acid levels, specific gravity etc etc) would be helpful.....
but don't worry if you havent taken or have the means to take these readings, we can work with what we have.

so 1 gallon of red and one of white..well done...now the fun begins.

How did you process (squish) the grapes?

What sort of container are you using for Primary ferment? (normally a bucket with loose fitting lid or towel over the top)

What sort of container for Secondary ferment? (normally a glass jar with an airlock on the top)

You normally need oxygen for the first part (primary)
and no oxygen for the second part (secondatry)

(apologies if you knew this allready)

do you have the grape skins still in with the red?

have you taken the skins out of the white?


there are some free downloads in the links section that may be of use to you

see here

http://www.winesathome.net/forum/showthread.php?t=243

and feel free to ask as many questions as you like..

also use the search function on the nav bar at the top...that can sometimes get you a quicker answer to your query.

Dont let all the terminology put you off you will learn it quickly enough..

A hydrometer is the first tool to kit yourself up with, this will help you determine (with accuracy) when the ferment is finished, and will help you work out what the alcohol levels are.

welcome to the wonderful world of winemaking

regards
Bob

[barbarajean]

Nervous novice

Hello all, we moved into this house almost 3 years ago and discovered we had a vine, up until now, all we've ever had was tiny slightly sour green marbles, but this year, suddenly there appeared big black tasty grapes!! so, a dilemma, eat or drink? no contest, so armed with a list picked from the internet i purchase some equipment, spent a couple of hours picking, sorting, picking, cleaning, picking etc. are now the proud owner of one gallon of white and one gallon of red (er what do you call it) must. So any help or tips would be most welcome.

[Hippie]

Welcome, earhold! Where you at?

[heeby]

so whats your location earhold
mark

[shirlthegirl43]

Welcome to the forum from South West Wales!

I just started making wine and my only attempts to date are from kits but this weekend I hope to start an apple wine (unless anyone has a better suggestion for 6lbs of 'bramley' type apples).

Everyone here is very helpful and I have learned a lot from them and now I really look forward to making a 'proper' wine.

Cheers,
Shirley

[heeby]

welcome earhold enjoy yourself look around and ask some questions
mark

[Earhold]

Hello from a Newbie!!!

Just wanted to say hey to everybody... I just stumbled across this site and it looked very interesting.. i have been making wine at home for about 6 years now and im just looking to gather information on different varieties and possibly try something new...