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Hi All, I've been making fruit wines for many years now - and have only recently read online about degassing - removal of CO2. I've never found the need for it and none of my winemaking books refer to degassing, Is this for kit wines only, where the fermentation period is significantly shorter...

Hi All, Made Elderflower wine last year and have done 2 rackings, the wine is nicely clearing BUT! it as a very strong Elderflower (Over Powering) bouquet and no body to the wine. Dose anyone have any suggestions what I can do to improve this wine Many thanks Rikki :pray:

Hi all, I've been using plastic demijohn's, but I'm finding that the bubbles are not passing through the air lock the way they pass through glass demijohn's. I'm not sure that the seal is air tight on these plastic containers so the co2 escapes around the lid and maybe air can get in. The glass...

Hi All, I have been given some empty 5lt plastic water bottles, i was wondering if they would be OK for storing wine in after racking? Has anyone got any ideals or have used or using these bottles. Many thanks Rik

Hi All, I have had a couple of goes at making Port but not with very much success. As anyone on the forum got any Port recipes that they could pass on to me please, Many thanks, Rikki

Hi All, I have bought a wine filter kit to put a bit of a polish to my finished country wines, but the problem is it takes ages for the wine to pass through the filter and the pads seem to clog up very quickly, the wine had two rackings and was fairly clear before filtering. Is there anything...

Hi Everyone, My Name is Rikki and I live in Bristol, I joined the forum back in March 2014 but have been to busy to use the forum until now (more time on my hands) and hopefully get started making more country wines, cider and beer. I have dabbled over the years making wines and beers but now...

Hi All, I have made Elderflower Wine and have been told it makes a very good Sparkling wine, how do I go about doing this. Thanks