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Just watched the first program on catch up tv, Sunday ITV 4, I thought I would give it 5 minutes and turn it off as it would be full of wine snobs but what a surprise, the red wine section near the end had me thinking as the vineyard turns the must twice a day for a week and the way it is done...

I was watching a tv program, A new life in the sun, Friday 1600hrs channel 4, an ex pat in France bought 80 acres of vines 6 years ago and it showed him making his latest batch of wine, from what I could see all the gear he was using was mancky, he emptied the field hopper through what looked...

With spring just around the corner I thought it would be a good time to remind forum members that a really overlooked wine is May blossom or Hawthorn blossom wine. I have made this two times in the past and it has never disappointed me, nothing much happens in the bucket until day 3 to 4 when...

I have 2 Richies screw top 5 gallon FVs and 2 5 gallon buckets with lids, all in good condition just need a clean, all at £5 each, Dave Monkseaton near Whitley Bay

Reading Chippyteas's message about the cost of electricity got me thinking, has anyone here heard of rocket stoves, theres load to see on youtube and they really work. I had mine on today and boiled 2ltrs of water in less than 15 minutes using a small amount scrap wood, my interest came about...

Did a 5 gall batch about 2 months ago and noticed it was not clearing as normal, there was quite a heavy sediment which i racked off and topped up with white grape juice then de-gassed, chemicals etc, 5 days ago i added a 2 pack clearing liquid and there is sediment in the bottom of the fv but...

Was in Morrisons and picked up my usual yellow Golden Virginia and rolled up when i got home, wow, it was vile and tasted like crushed polo mints, my wife who doesnt smoke remarked it smelt awfull, so off i went back to the store and asked to speak to the manager, he summed up the situation and...

Just started a 7 gallon batch of the above, using Twinings raspberry-strawberry and logan berry (tea) bags, i have added glycerine as per Worzels recipe, will keep you posted, cheers Dave NE

Just been diagnosed with diabetes and a sugar level of 17 on the rickter scale, done a google search and i will be allowed 3 glasses of wine per day so it may take me a while to finish off the 22 gallons i have at the moment. Theres talk of putting me on a starvation diet of 600 calories a day...

I was looking forward to a top and tail session today, looked after the bush, fed and watered regular and even stopped 3 saw fly attacks, went up the garden to pick my lovely purple berrys and they are gone, not one left,zilsh, instead of buying bird feeders etc, i might buy an air rifle (just...

Hi all, i have one of the above and a shoe box full of used silicone corks, has anyone tried the above corker with them and if so any tips etc, the corks havent been pierced all the way through so should be easy to sterilise, cheers Dave

I use the 2 spoon method of crushing CTs but my latest go was such a trial (arthritis), what do others use to crush them, i was thinking of buying/making one of those graters that the Herbal smokers use or a rolling pin and placky bag, cheers Dave NE

I have 3 batches of Wurzels on the go at the moment while the weather is warm 17 gals. I have used 1kg of sugar per gallon instead of the recomended 1 1/2lb, can anyone help me work out the alcohol % of my wine, i let all my wines ferment out to dry, cheers Dave NE

I just had to take a picture of my latest batch of Wurzels this morning, i have never seen anything like it, the top layer has formed what looks like a brain pattern and looks quiet still and tranquil but underneath the must is rolling like a banshee, how do i share this with you as i dont know...

I started a wurzels on the 30th dec 2010 and because of ill health i could not rack it off until last week, i was a little worried about off flavours but i had no need to worry as it has turned out just as good as the many gallons i have made before, just a thought, Dave NE

Morrisons, £1-30 per 2 kilo's

With the Elderberry harvest back on track i was thinking about a marriage of elderberrys and supermarket grape juice. 5lb berrys, 5lt grape juice as a base for a decent country wine (5 galls), has anyone made something similar, cheers Dave NE

just thinking out loud but what about 5lb of berrys and 5lt of grape juice as a base for a 5gal brew, cheers Dave NE

Last year i posted about too much sugar in my wine and after much help i split the mixture into 2 and ended up with 10 galls instead of 5. I bottled it a few days ago and last night tried 2 bottles, great taste, slept like a baby and woke this morning at 6am with no hangover to speak of, cheers...

Hi all, i made some damson wine last year and it has failed to clear, i used pectolase at the start of fermentation and recently tried a 2 part finnings from Wilko's but still no luck. If i used double the dose of pectolase would this affect the flavour, cheers Dave NE