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Happy Birthday, America!
Newsletter published by
"The Wine Maker's Toy Store™"
Dallas Home Brew
June 2010
Volume 8, Issue 6
866-417-1114 (Long Distance)
972-323-7921 (Local)
972-323-7955 (Fax)
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New Products
We are thrilled to announce the addition of 4 new wine kits from RJ Spagnols and kegging parts to our inventory.
Italian Rosso Bravissimo with Merlot skins - available mid-July
French Grenache Syrah with Syrah skins - available mid-July
Chilean Carmenere with Carmenere skins - available August 1st
Spanish Tempranillo Cabernet with Cab. Sauv. skins - available August 1st
(this kit also contains labels - a bonus!)
As soon as we have these kits in house, we will add them to the web site.
The kegging parts will be in sometime next week and they too will be added to the web site as soon as we have them in house. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monthly Sales
The monthly sales of wine kits, beer ingredients and toys are back! We were going to have different sales, but based on the customer feedback, these monthly sales were extremely popular, so we will start offering them again.
For the wine kits, we are going to offer all of our Australian and New Zealand wines for 10% off. This gives you 22 wine kits to choose from. Click on the following links to see the July specials:
Please note that close out kits that are already marked down will not be included in the monthly sales. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How to Sweeten Your Wine
For those of you that don't like dry wines, here is a very simple way to make any wine, including a kit wine, with a little residual sugar to "knock the edge off".
1. Make sure your starting S.G. is between 1.085 and 1.100, before you pitch the yeast.
2. Pitch the yeast and when the S.G. has dropped to 1.020, rack your wine to a clean secondary container.
3. Allow your wine to ferment to dryness (S.G. of .996 for 2 consecutive days.)
4. Taste your wine. If you want it sweeter, make a sugar solution using the ratio of 1/6 cup of water to 1/2 cup of sugar for each gallon of wine. Put this mixture into a boiling pot (preferably stainless steel, but definitively NOT aluminum!). And bring to a slow boil to dissolve the sugar. Cool the sweetened water to 70 degrees F.
5. Take 1 cup of your wine and slowly add the cooled sugar water to your wine until you reach the desired level of sweetness. Be sure to measure the amount of sugar water added to the cup of wine.
6. Based on the ratio of the two, add a corresponding amount of the sugar water to your wine.
7. Add 1/2 tsp. of Potassium Sorbate and 1/16 tsp. (1 campden tablet) of Potassium Metabisulphite per gallon to your wine and stir well. Take the S.G. reading of your wine.
8. Put your wine back under an airlock, top off, if necessary, and allow your wine to sit for at least a week. At the end of the week, take the S.G., again. If it has not dropped, your wine has not started fermenting and should be ready for bottling.
9. If your S.G. has dropped, your wine has started fermenting again. When this happens, wait for the fermentation to stop before bottling your wine.
I will add there are other ways to achieve the same result. I just like this method best as it leaves the least amount of room for error and virtually guarantees your wine will be exactly as sweet as you desire. In addition, if you do not want to mess with creating a sugar solution, I have a wine conditioner that can be used to accomplish the same result. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fresh Grapes
For those of you in the local area, I am attempting to put together a fresh grape order for the fall. In order to make this work, I will need a minimum of 3 tons. I will be getting the grapes from F. Colavita and Son out of California. They have an excellent reputation for delivering high quality grapes. If you are interested, please let me know how many pounds of each varietal in which you are interested. If we have enough interest, we will place an order.
Currently, we are expected the prices to be in the $.80 to $1.29 per pound range. Grapes will be sold by the lug which is 36 pounds. 3 lugs will make 5-6 gallons of wine. We are anticipating delivery sometime in October.
To learn more about this supplier and varietals available, please click on the following link:
If you have any questions, please give us a call. |
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CLOSE OUTS!
In order to make more room in the store until we move, we are closing out the remaining pre-order kits and most of the kits in Cellar Classic line. As soon as wet get moved, we will be adding more wine kits, but in the meantime, we need more room. To see these kits, click on the following link:
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~~~~~~~~~~ Current Specials
To see this month's specials, new products and close out specials, click on the links below:
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Monthly Give-A-Ways
The winners for June were:
Michael Ennis
Parsonsburg, MD
To learn how to qualify
for this promotion,
click here. |
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As a reminder, we continue to add products and content to the web site, therefore, if you have any special requests, please let us know. We like to hear what you have to say about our site, our products and/or our customer service, good or bad. Please send your comments and/or suggestions to winemaster@finevinewines.com.
Don't forget we like you to CALL!
If you have any questions about our products, our service and/or wine making or home brewing, please call us. We are here to serve you and enjoying assisting you in any way we can. We have an international toll-free line so you WILL call us. Someone is usually at the store between 9 am and 7 pm, Monday through Saturday. We always try to answer the phone when you call; however, sometimes, we are unable to answer the phone as we are on the other lines or we have customers in the store. If you get the voice mail, please leave your name, number, brief message and a best time to call. We will return your call just as soon as we can. If you don't want to call, just send us an email. We usually answer our emails daily. Please remember, we are a resource and we are here to serve you.
We don't want to be the biggest store, just the BEST!
Cheers!
George Cornelius, President
Fine Vine Wines, LLC, The Wine Maker's Toy Store
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