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retaste Pacific Chardonnay 2021-2022 This Brehm frozen California 2021 Chardonnay juice in a pail and cut with russet cyser about...

powdery mildew if the canes have black splotches. Soak your vineyard with powdered sulphur and potassium bicarbonate in a spray...

retaste of syrah moraine: appearance - purple, slight fizz smell - okay, no "burnt rubber" tannin - good acid - good flavour - not...

next time you spray for powdery mildew add potassium bicarbonate to your spray. Powdery mildew attacks dry grapes. Once they get juicy...

fermenting on the skins will probably give you dreck. If you press them and then treat the fermenting juice with bentonite you may get...

yes the cupping and ragged leaf edges indicate herbicide drift. Ask your neighbours if they use weed killer in a sprayer.

summer pruning grape wines. I have 66 left with 22 to a row. After that I need to hack the weeds and then inspect for any powdery...

retaste of my wife's go to premium red wine: Appearance - purple Smell - good, very complex, fruity, lingering, hard to describe but...

All of the Washington Grenache blends we've done with Syrah and Mourvedre or Syrah and Malbec smell like white pepper with strawberries...

Last Thursday I opened the Merlot/Tempranillo, so tonight I opened the Merlot/Grenache. I like this one a lot better -- the Grenache...

How far apart are your plants in each row?

sulphite is destroyed by moisture in combination with oxygen

bugs end of flowering to kill maggots and maggot eggs, use bacillus thuringiensis. Now is too late for spraying. Maggots don't seem to...

when cherries ripen they start to go dull i.e. lose their gloss. Your sour cherries will go a deep red colour. You can pick by lack of...

Hey Chris, The Amarone is a big favorite with friends and family. Unfortunately, I am down to my last case of it and only 7 bottles...