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I am using 200 litre plastic barrels for the wine. I did it last year and the result is good.

I am thinking of making a large siphoning pipe from 22mm copper. Is this an issue as regards tainting the flavour of the wine? It will only be passing thorough the copper and not in contact with it for long.

I have taken a hydrometer reading and it has stopped fermenting. A guy in local brew shop said the secondary fermentation period is not needed to produce a good wine. He said just to clear in now. In reply to the question about the yeast I used a general purpose yeast rather than leaving it...

I have been making Elderflower wine in a 200 litre drum. It was going crazy for the first 7 days with the first stage fermentation due to the hot weather. I have now transferred it to an airlocked container. I think I know what has happenned, fermentation has finished. What my question is...