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I washed my first fresh grape wine. I didn't like all the spiders, bugs etc. It was one of the best wines I have made - that said I...

My first wine was from fresh blackberries after an unusually productive season. The wife has told me to keep my grubby wine stained...

I made a raspberry wine with berries from our garden, and though it's not been aging super long we had a little excess that didn't fit...

Shoveling snow! We are getting buried by an early Winter snow storm. Parts of Northern NM may get uo to 36" of snow in the next 2...

I've got some tires you can rotate for me ; ) Maybe tomorrow I'll get to it. Today, I used a press for the very first time. A very...

Two DIY oil changes and a brake job. OMG, the Rolling Rock tastes damned good right now. One car to go... maybe tomorrow...

That would be diacetyl, right? This is a nice resource regarding how to modulate various effects of ML...

Over the past couple vintages, Ive been trying to get diacetyl production out of my ML fermentation for creaminess in my wine, but have...

End of season shot. I raked all the leaves today, all set for the snow.

The metal cap that came with the bottle, but I usually don't really tighten them. I must have tightened it down more than I intended...

This year I had a bottle break. I use these 1.5 liter bottles to store wine that didn't fit in the carboy and use it for topping off...

I think I need to clarify my question. What I'm wondering if the age of the vine (not the grapes on the vine) affects the potential PH...

hmmmm I've got high PH clay soil that I been trying to amend with compost and a little soil acidifier fertilizer - maybe it is starting...

ABV is part of the overall flavor profile of a wine. ABV, body, mouth feel, acid, tannin, sugar, etc all work together (or not). Let's...