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I am an expat outside the US. Wine grapes here are nonexistent. I found a couple places that sell Chilean wine juice concentrate in 65 or 68 Brix. It looks like on charts this would be about SG: 1.300 What would be the dilution factor to bring this down to 1.100. Might this be what you buy in...

As I checked my 5 gallon carboy this morning I was looking at where the SG: was and again thought about the scale on the side for alcohol content. It is scaled from 1.000 up. But that doesn't account for alcohol production below SG 1.000. Is this because if you ferment below 1.000 it really...

I just got back to Colombia with my dehydrated blueberries and cherry's. They are not available here and on an earlier post someone recommended dehydrated fruit for traveling convenience and weight. How much dehydrated fruit per gallon? Anyone have a recipe to share? I don't want a weak wine...

I have been making wine now for about 5 years. About 6 months ago I became an expat and am living in Bogota Colombia. I brought some basic wine making supplies with me and since I have been here have made wine from mangos, guava, plums and skeeter pee from lemons and limes. But there are no...

Has anyone ever tried this and what were the results? I am an expat living in South America and while we have a great variety of fruits, some fruits you just cant get here. Blueberry and Cherry for example are unheard of here. Fresh or frozen are a no go, so I was wondering if I got cans of pie...

I have been making wine for about 5 years with nary a problem. Now after relocating to South America I have been on a experimental brew endeavor. After a month here I have successfully fermented mango, grapes and guava. Early this week a neighbor dropped off some lemons which are pretty rare...

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Just about 1 month ago I retired from NY to Colombia. I had to leave all my wine behind and start from scratch. (I left about 20 gallons with happy friends) I did bring some basic supplies with me to get started. I had a local guy in the market tell me he can get me Chilean grapes... Wow, great...