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I will be watching this with interest as I love red wine. I still think the one you have with the dried fruit in would give you a bit more body like a merlot. Thats what we red drinkers want, a heavy boddied wine like a port wine but that would take longer to mature and i am not very patient...

I'm trying to come up with one but have failed so far :( Red grape juice & prune juice works quite well but lacks body, I must try it again with raisins.

Found the wine programme....Britains Disgusting Drinks BBC3 thursday 9pm to 10pm Son mentioned tannin being added but thats what we do huh? gonna watch it later on iplayer I think you are right Moley the additives get taken out before bottling. My uncle Bob used to work in an engineering...

I didn't see the programme you mentioned, what channel was it on? Might it be on one of the internet repeat players The wine programme in question was on the same night/time as the Liverpool footie game last week. Thursday I think because my son came in from work and switched the telly over...

My first attempt at wine making was with a Youngs Definitive red wine kit from Wilkinsons and although I was new to wine making I was disappointed at the result, even though I followed the instructions to the letter. I much prefer to drink red wine but I think from reading on this forum you...

Went to my secret bramble patch yesterday and some greedy blighter has swiped the lot!!!! stripped bare they are. Got loads last week from a overgrown garden on our estate. The person was only too pleased to let me have them. It just goes to show you don't have to go out into the wilds to...

On this subject what would be the best (cheap) corker to use. I bought a hand corker at wilkinsons and had a dummy run with it but the cork wont go in i want to cork if giving a wine gift. Im gonna ask friend to save their screw tops for me. I have enough bottles at the mo.

cheers no 1 it is then. I need to get me another hydrometer again with a trial jar this time

Whooah!! theres a party going on in my kitchen!!! :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: Started my wurzels yesterday again after the disaster the day before with the hydrothingy. I have used red grape juice and orange it went a bit pinky brown at first but gone a cloudy pale pink now...

ive stuck mine in the cubby with the chest freezer gets warm in there but not as hot as the airing cubby

thanks, I guess thats what happened to it. will be more careful with next one. You live n learn in the wine business!!!!! :grin: ------------------------- currently bubbling Herbal blackcurrant, vanilla and ginseng tea-bag

Best of luck with it. I will get another sometime and a trial jar so if that happens again all of the wine isnt ruinedbut just to get it right i suppose readings are the way forward. I wonder why it cracked, the wine was not hot.

thanks Im not gonna bother with another hydro thingy just gonna take pot luck

Well I deserved it silly old moo

Well sterilised everything then locked myself in the kitchen like some mad scientist wifey. gathered all the stuff together put it in the jar easy enough.......then i read i needed a reading so the hydrometer thingy didnt come with a trial jar so i stuck it in the dj it floated ok didnt know...

thanks what a relief thought there was a secret ingredient i didnt know about :D -well here we go starting the wine soone eeeeh am scared!!!!!! :pray:

just about to start my first Wurzels is the pectic enzime in the original recipe the same as pectolase and if not can i leave it out thanks

Thanks for reply just got into this great hobby so will just go with the wurzels for the mo. Trawling through the wurzels thread at the mo can anyone find me the rose wurzels recipe? I want to make a nice pinky girly one to have at our pink ribbon campaign night thanks

hiya all, I had a lovely bottle of red wine (merlot) at my friends house last night (shared not the whole bottle) and wondered if anyone had a red wine recipe they could share with me. I have been looking around the forum and the advice seems to be that you need tannin and concentrate or...

thanks for the reply It has stopped ousing out now. Settled down to a nice steady bubble. I will have to top up now with boiled cooled water as advised elsewhere. Thanks again its so reassuring you can come on here for sound advice