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I made some Catawba wine. This is probably the 8th batch of wine I've made and this one didn't turn out good. Has a slight sour taste to it and I added pictures of the settling that is in the bottle. Can anyone provide any insight into what went wrong? I used campden tablets, I racked it a few...

How long should I wait before trying my mead? It's been six months and I opened a bottle of blueberry and it doesn't taste good. Wondering how long before I know whether it will amount to anything

I just bottled my first batches of wine. I did about 4 different kinds, I was having fun with it. I tasted some when I bottled it and it doesn't seem to taste the best. If I had to describe it, there's a strong alcohol taste as well as maybe a bitter taste. I don't really taste much of the...

So I made a mango wine and when I racked it it quit fermenting. But my sg was .994 or something like that. Also it just tastes like alcohol not much mango flavor could it be from not soaking the mango long enough in beginning? Is it a bad idea to buy mango juice to top off the batch? Just...

Does anybody have a really good peach wine recipe they use? I'm getting impatient waiting for my other wine to age so I'm going to make another couple gallons of something else in the mean time

I was planning on using campden tablets in my wine when I bottle it, but I heard a friend say to also use potassium sorbate to kill the yeast? Especially for the sweet wines. What's everyone's opinion on the 2?

Does anyone know where to get grape juice in the lake Erie area?

I'm trying to figure out the best method to dissolve sugar into juice. Do I heat the juice up and dissolve it or do I heat water up and dissolve it in that and then add to the juice? Any recommendations greatly appreciated along with quantities please

I've been doing some research and plan to start making my own wine. I have a couple questions. My cousin currently makes wine and he thinks 2-3 lbs of sugar per gallon is too much (making it from juice). He says it will be be too sweet. If the sugar is going to turn into alcohol does it still...