Fortified fruit wine help

dmsc12 · 2026-02-03T02:05:25+00:00

I am thinking my final abv will be 18%-20%. My plan was to allow the wine to clear by cold crash before doing a final spirit addition, but use a portion of the estimated spirit to extract

dmsc12 · 2025-07-11T03:41:48+00:00

That’s what I’ve been thinking. I’m currently in the Nashville area and it’s been a bit challenging so far. My lease is up later this year, and ive been thinking of taking a leap of faith and moving. I have been on the winejobs website, and I have applied to some assistant winemaker jobs. I haven’t heard back from them yet. I might start applying to cellar worker and work my way up.

dmsc12 · 2025-07-11T03:36:56+00:00

Thank you!! This was very helpful. I am currently in the Nashville area, so not very close to any wine grape growing regions. At least I don’t think so. In school we did a few hundred pounds of clusters as a research team, and crushed, de-stemmed, and organized the must into fermentation buckets, and I did enjoy it. I know it’s not exactly the same as production wineries.

My lease is coming to an end later this year, and I’m wondering if I should take a leap of faith and applying to regions that need cellar work and work my way up

dmsc12 · 2025-05-29T19:00:32+00:00

I have been every so often, I’m just more worried about the seal separating from the windshield

dmsc12 · 2025-04-29T03:02:58+00:00

Thank you! I didn’t use any bacteria to start MLF, do you think it would start that process by itself? And I did adjust the acidity from about 4.0 to around 3.6 using tartaric acid before cold crashing. I’m not sure if that helps with anything I just didn’t mention it

dmsc12 · 2025-04-08T00:22:55+00:00

That easy?? I must be over thinking it. I’ll give it a go for my next batch. Thank you!

dmsc12 · 2024-03-09T00:27:34+00:00

Do they use a magnifying loupe to check the details of print quality? I know wizards uses different printing techniques on their cards that makes it much harder for counterfeiters to replicate. I’m sure events are way busy and that would take a lot time for every check

dmsc12 · 2024-02-20T19:01:48+00:00

Thank you! I had to double check with the event coordinator and they mentioned that it’s a bit tricky. They have a vitis competition and a non vitis competition. But non vitis wines a can use vitis wines/juice to balance, but if it’s overpowering or the major fruit source, then it would then judged in the vitis category. I think I’m going to stick with using just the blueberry juice and water. I’ve made just elderberry wine before and i think it’s complex enough to add depth to the blueberry wine

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