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Prune is a winner. Mine came out really tasty and it adds a nice deep ruby colour to the wine. I'm going to try fermenting with Young's oak chips next time for some character. My only gripe is that it's more like an alcoholic fruit juice than a wine; no depth. Still very pleasant though!

I trekked around the shops today looking for pure juices which was harder than I'd expected. Ended up buying: 4.5 litres Lidl Apple Juice 5 litres Asda red grape juice 2 litres Asda prune juice 1 litre Asda clementine juice And I also added. 2 tsp pectolase (all I had to hand) V strong cup of...

I was hoping that would be the case!

I know I'm being overly precious about this, but someone has sprayed deodorant in the room in which my sloe and blackberry wine is fermenting nicely away under a towel. I find it difficult to believe that this one event will have any adverse effects on the final product, but I'm still quite...

I believe the problem with Everclear is that it's grain-based, and for a wine most people really want something grape-based. I'm trying an experiment at the moment to make a strong, sweet wine without the need for fortification by fermenting it to as high an ABV as possible, then making up the...