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So tonight my wife opens up my recently bottled apple wine which tasted great when I bottled it. With my first sip I got I could smell sulfur right away. The wine tastes fine, but the sulfur smell really hits you when you drink it. Should I just decant the wine an hour and then drink it or is...

I have got some apple wine that I need to bottle and I am wanting to spice a couple of bottles of it for Thanksgiving/Christmas. Has anyone ever added any spices directly into the bottle before corking? I was thinking along the lines of adding a stick or two of cinnamon, some nutmeg, all...

I was thinking about making a filter system and I was wondering if anyone sees a problem with my design. I am thinking about using a whole house filter and a small food grade pump to circulate the wine throught the filter. All of the DIY systems I have seen filter the wine once into another...

I started some apple/cherry wine (from concentrate) back in August and every time I have racked the wine it has been very carbonated. I have degassed a couple of times during racking, but I am still getting some bubbles along with a very small amount of fine lees (a dusting). Is this normal...

Today I bottled up some apple wine after stabilizing with some wine conditioner/sweetner as well as adding a little apple juice to increase the flavor a little bit. I had a little left over which I put into a sealed mason jar (for drinking later)!. A little later (3 hours) I noticed that the...

I have noticed that after I bottle my wine after a few months I have a very slight film that forms on the bottom of my bottles. Is this normal and if not deos it hurt the wine in anyway?

Anyone ever use the oven for drying out sanitized cleaned wine bottles? I have been doing this as a short cut to drying out the bottles. I just set the tempature around 250 and then let the bottles sit in there for 10 or 15 minutes. Then I turn off the oven and let the bottles cool off inside...

Just curious if anyone has ever added craisins to their wine to add body? I just started a new batch and I added some raisins which made me wonder about adding some craisins which come in a variety of fruits.