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Very happy to find this forum website. I can already see that I will learn and share many things in this lovely wine making journey. I...

I have been doing a cold soak for the last few years. I have had no issues only better quality wine. I have been insulating the...

I am significantly behind everyone since I am further north in Upper Peninsula of Michigan, plus we had a cold rainy June which put...

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

Deer whipped our butt this year. We will have to get a fence before next year. In the meantime, we took what was left. We forecasted...

You were lucky. When the cows get out near my vineyard, even with an electric fence, I’m on the phone to the farm manager. Cattle are...

Another sad day in the vineyard yesterday. The deer seem to be eating the clusters through the netting. I’m seeing lots of half eaten...

Well, I’ll be picking our Syrah on Friday. Took a sample to our local lab - Brix 25.8, pH 3.28, TA .83. Assuming continued ripening the...

I checked my Marquette today… tested six grapes and they ranged from 21.0 to 23.8 Brix. The average was 22.1.

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...

Some of my early mentors made wines "naturally". Grapes arrived by train from CA, were crushed and dumped into a barrel. Fermented and...

@winemaker81, regarding secondary storage, I've got maybe 30 bottles from a kit we used to make our wedding wine years ago...

I’m not the sharpest pencil in the box so I need this dumbed down … a lot. These are the nuggets I got from this study. BTW, I am not...

This video goes into good detail and is supported by scientific studies

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