Sparking Wine

[aqua]

Have you made it?
Was it worth it?

[DAVID]

No I havent, but may try to make some sparkling wine instead although for me it does seem a little tedious,unless you dont mind having some sediment and do it the easy way and prime like you do for beer and cider.

[lockwood1956]

Have a look here

http://www.winemakermag.com/feature/71.html

[lockwood1956]

or here
http://www.winemakermag.com/departments/288.html

[fasteddy999]

Have you made it?
Was it worth it?

I have and everyone should try it once. Its alot easyer to artificially carbonate it with a keg set up. Read "How to make wines with a sparkle" by J. Restall and D Hebbs.

[Northern Winos]

Have you made it?
Was it worth it?

Yes, we have made it with apple wine, and YES it is worth the extra effort, go to: http://honeycreek.us/makingsparklingwine.htm to see how....for sure worth the time, effort and wait...try it. Good luck!!!!

[winemanden]

Have you made it?
Was it worth it?

I've made quite a few batches of sparkling wine using several different recipes. I don't know whether you can still buy them, but I use Condessa Sparkletops. They are a plastic stopper with a built in safety valve which has a loop of nylon cord through it. You store the bottles upside down and, when all the sediment has settled into the stopper, still keeping it pointing down a couple of short jerks on the cord shoots it out through the valve. They are re-usable if you clean them straight away, but you have to buy fresh wires for each brew. Worth having a go!
Regards, Winemanden.

[jak]

Made a rose petal wine which i did not (or forgot to) add fermentation stopper to.

It turned out sparkling and i must admit it was one of the best wines i have ever tried and got a lot of positive feed back from those who tried it.

[lockwood1956]

OOOO
I see you posted this at 9 am yesterday (sat) does this mean you have the home PC sorted?

or are you at work on a saturday morning?

regards
Bob

[jak]

Yep i was at home, David suggested clicking the remember me box and it worked.

So nice to be back on again.

Bit sad really but i am sure i was starting to get withdrawal symptoms.

[lockwood1956]

DOH!

of course that would store the cookie on your pc

now why didn't I think of that

good job David

great to have you back anyhow

regards
Bob

[jak]

Cheers Bob

It is nice to be back.


And thanks again for your help.

Regards

Jak

[lockwood1956]

You didn't need to thank me twice

honest

LOL

cheers
Bob

[lockwood1956]

Look here also

http://home.att.net/~lumeisenman/chapt20.html

[shirlthegirl43]

Time to revive an old thread!

I fancy trying my hand at a sparkling elderflower wine, there are so many elderflowers here and the weather so nice for gathering them. I don't seem to be able to find the Sparkletops anywhere and the links in this thread are not working properly. Could someone advise me what to search the linked site for please? (sorry if I am being a pain and / or being thick)