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50% Smaller harvest this year, bummer! One vineyard had lots of moldy clusters—the clusters looked okay-ish on the outside but loads of...

Picked a bit over 200lbs of Russian River Pinot Noir on Wed (sorry, no pics), from a commercial vineyard that had excess. Inoculated...

Average Brix is creeping up we are 24-26 range and the berries have softened Sept 8 remains the pick date A couple of days in the...

The squirrels moved into our neighborhood about 10-15 years ago (I've been here for 30 yrs). The squirrels outcompeted/drove out the...

Some apricots froze this year. We had our Mormon apricot and Italian prune flowering happily and then the snow fell and there was frost...

This was a field blend for a friend to taste everything. Our Arandell and Aromella are doing very well. They are 8 years old...

That is quite the pile of grapes. Are you doing a field blend or is that just a wonderfully pleasing photo? I'm curious about your...

We finished picking and destemming our Frontenac. We have only 1 vine. 8lbs of berries are now in freezer waiting for the rest of our...

What a difference a year makes. Last year I had beautiful clusters, and a bunch of crows kept the birds away. And no insect invasion...

This is the first I've seen of this product. I have experience with other brands of skin packs, so I expect it will work. Additionally...

While re-reading a different thread, I realized there's no reason skin packs can't be added to a grape wine, or a country wine for that...

retaste from a split: Appearance - inky purple Smell - good, rich clean nose, prunes, roast duck, smoked meat, cocoa, cranberries...

Mike, KA makes a bunch more models these days than they did 25 years ago. Check/compare the wattage of the new one vs your old one...

From all the responses to the Kitchen Aid I guess, all in all, they are a well respected and good brand of equipment. My new model...