tjmeyer

When the old timers are involved they can put names on the flavors. Names of flavors lead to fixes in next years batch. Good wine is...

@winemaker81 nailed it. What we might consider as off, or faulty flavors, they just savor it all the same. Just a cultural difference...

@tjmeyer's comment was with respect to my statement. My term "intense" was a tongue-in-cheek statement. Consider some of the bad wine...

We have the following available to winemakers! Feel free to message me with offer. 2x Blichmann engineering 55 gallon wine easy with...

We have some money obviously set aside for use so we’re not really in the red more so we’re slowly paying stuff off with revenue but...

I love Madrona Vineyards there

Very. I suspect the brix will be quite high, but could also make for a great back sweetener too. This was taken during sunset today...

Red stems. That is good and ripe Malbec

A hopper full of Malbec. Apple valley CA

I ended up picking the Baco Noir on Saturday. It took 6 years for the birds to find my grapes but they found them and told all their...

Late harvest Malbec looking good so far! I'm estimating about 180L that looks pretty much like this. Zinfandel wasn't as happy, I think...

Oh boy do I feel you here. DO NOT start a winery without a healthy nest egg and being ready to be in the red for 5 years

We just put our 2023 vintage on sale a week ago. I’m hoping it sells well due to bills and recouping some of our costs to build the...

Congrats and best of luck!

I got my netting up yesterday before the rain. I still need to add some clamps, but it was easier than I thought. only 14 vines have...