The product of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes.
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Cork in red wine starting to push itself out. Is it still safe to drink?
A friend gave us a bottle of homemade red wine a year ago. (They're Italian and they make wine every year). It's been sitting in our dining room, stored on its side. We started to notice that the ...
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Why do red wines tend to be stored in green bottles and white wines not?
It seems that all red wines are stored in green or occasionally other dark coloured bottles and white wines in clear or light coloured bottles.
Why is this?
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Is this recipe correct
Hi I'm brewing some apple wine at the moment, following a recipe for a dry apple wine from CJJ Berry's "First Steps in Winemaking" (2006 reprint p185).
The recipe lists ONLY the following ...
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why do you degas wine but not beer?
After reading this post, I was wondering why have I heard of people degassing wine, but never beer? Does one also need to degas mead?
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[Wiki] What extra equipment do I need to make wine?
Considering I have all the necessary - and some unnecessary - equipment for making beer at home, what additional equipment do I need to make wine at home?
If it's easier to just make a full list, ...
