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I did a cool ferment and used Vivace yeast by Renaissance, it’s pretty tart now, before I stick it outside this winter I’ll do a paper...

My carboys are stored at 55 all winter, so hopefully that helps.

The older my hybrid grapes get the higher the PH at harvest. Then again the last two years have been really good weather wise.

It was actually pretty warm leading up to harvest, although the nights were getting cold. I did buy a bottle of Itasca from Parallel 44...

How was the weather the last three weeks befor harvest? Warmer weather usually lowers malic acid. After fermentation and mlf your ph...

Thanks, im still in the experimental phase of my winemaking so I need to try a lot of different blends to see what I like. My goal is to...

Been busy… had to press a few of them a little early this year since Im going out of town for the weekend. My Petit Syrah finished to...

This year i used BIODIVA yeast in my Marquette to try and get a little more flavor and aroma, so far it seems to have worked. I also...

I made a very good wine from last year. I had 100% Marquette, and also a Marquette/Petite Pearl blend. I adjusted for sugar/Brix and...

Hoping to let my Marquette hang a week longer and bring the pH up... narrowly avoided the frost the past few nights.

Yes, I’m not only a few miles from Lake Superior. Makes the spring cool, but moderates the fall tempatures. But it’s dipping close to...

Picked Itasca (24 Brix and 2.95 ph) and Marquette (21 Brix and 2.78 ph). I was really hoping my ph would have come up more this year. I...

Picked about 66lbs of Tempranillo last night. 2 buckets of grapes usually gives me just enough grapes for a 1 bucket ferment. Brix...

Harvested the Marquette yesterday, Chuckd and his wife came down to help as well as some friends. Took only 2.5 hours to harvest 900...

Did some Brix testing in the vineyard today. Brix - Itasca 18 Petite Pearl 10-11 Marquette 16-17 Frontenac 15-16 Still...