Comments on: Wine Making Wisdom from the Community – WMA017

By: Stephen Boland

Stephen Boland — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:44:00 +0000

Hi Matt, sorry I changed my user name after I posted.

I have made a 6 gallon kit and a 3 gallon batch of wine from fruit so far. My intention this year is to keep making a mix of 6 gallon kit wines and 1 gallon fruit wines. The one gallon batches should be very beneficial for learning.

It’s a great hobby!

By: Matt Williams

Matt Williams — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:59:00 +0000

In reply to Bliksie.

That’s a good point Bliksie. Those odd amounts would be great test bottles to see how things are going while leaving the bulk of the wine undisturbed. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

What size batches do you typically make?

-Matt

By: Bliksie

Bliksie — Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:21:00 +0000

With the two batches of wine I have made to date, I too ended up with awkward amounts of leftover wine that I put into smaller containers. Being a new wine maker, I found it extremely beneficial to put some of this wine into smaller vessels (660ml bottles in my case) with airlocks but with no intention of ever adding it back to the bulk of my wine. These smaller vessels have been GREAT for allowing me to sip a small portion of wine every so often in order to experience how the product changes over time. I could not imagine trying to rack the wine from these smaller bottles, so just happily take it as a bit of a loss from the finished wine, but also as a great learning tool. So far it has been amazing and encouraging to be able to taste how the wine improves every month.