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The product of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes.

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Can methanol be formed when brewing a rice wine?

Most people consider home wine brewing safe, regarding the methanol dose that is being produced. Wikipedia mentions 2012 methanol poisoning incident in Cambodia, caused by drinking home-made rice wine contaminated by methanol. How did it happen?…
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Wine blending from different years

As a home winemaker, I try to focus on one varietal per year. This allows me to do the harvest, crush, press and all associated cleaning only ONCE per year in the fall. But it does limit my blending abilities only getting one varietal. I currently…
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How should I mash my grapes?

I'm mashing a small quantity (~3 buckets) of grapes to make wine. I haven't any special equipment, and don't really want to buy any. What should I do to mash the grapes?
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Did anyone here made a walnut wine?

Well, i'm curios if anyone here also tried to brew a walnut wine. I've got a couple of bottles from my spouse's grandma, and this year i've tried to make it myself. Had a couple of questions though. What's the time for taking the shells off. And…
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First time wine maker question

My hibiscus wine recipe says to ferment to dryness before racking to the secondary carboy. It's been almost a month, and the bubbling has died down. Is it time to rack?
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Delayed Project

I have a wine making kit, the must is for making an "old vine" zinfandel. However, I purchased it just prior to moving and it was never opened and never make into wine. Would it be worth even trying to make it into wine now after more than 5 years…
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rose wine vigorous bubbling after 10 days

I made a demijohn of one gallon with a kit. It has been bubbling vigorously ten days later almost like a soft drink. I tested it with a hydrometer and no strength of alcohol showing. I was wondering what it may be and if I can cure with more sugar…
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Bad taste after using isinglass

I had a very nice tasting grape wine which I used isinglass Finings on which has not cleared the wine and left it with a horrible taste. Does anybody know why this would occur?
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Brewing first wine from juice need some help

So i looked up a cheap way to make me self some wine, and i decided to go with cranberry juice 100% from concentrate no preservatives or anything like that in it, i started of with 1liter, i poured some sugar in too for higher abv, and put about…
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Wine fermenting with fruit in it after a month

I have had a gallon of peach wine sitting in peach pulp for a little over a month. It is in a carboy with an airlock seal. Would it be okay to rack it and continue letting it age? Or did the continued presence of the fruit mess it up?
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how to calculate proper proportions to make drinkable wine

it's (fairly) easy to read a recipe that's already out there, or use a kit that someone else has already pre-packaged all the ingredients. but i would like to take it to the next step and be able to calculate the correct proportions myself. if i…
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Wine brewing guide

Is there a good guide for how to brew wine from grapes online? I have searched around and have found very bad and inconsistent instructions. A lot of what I found makes me nervous about lack of sanitation practices or different steps from what…
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Starting a wine co-op

I'd like to start a wine co-op for vineyards and winemakers in my local area. There isn't one. The idea would be: - Help each other with growing problems, tips. - Share cost/expense of equipement. - Group discounts Any tips on how to start such a…
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My white wine has stopped fermenting, how can I restart it?

My white wine fermented successfully for a few days in a bucket. I've transferred it to a joram and it's stopped. Can I restart it somehow?
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Rinsing grapes before harvest...how to best do it

I would like to rinse my grapes before making wine this year. I do understand that I may lose a little flavor, the main reason I would like to do it is to get rid of the fungicide I used during the year, I really do not want to drink it. The…
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