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Beware What You Ask A wife and her husband are sitting around one evening, just talking, when the wife suddenly asks, "If I died, would you re-marry?" "I would," the husband answered. "You would?" the wife asked, a bit surprised. "Would you let her come into my house?" "I would."...

I hope that you are right, as I don't want any spontaneous MLF, but I've read that spontaneous MLF is still a risk even in glass carboys. Albeit one I can mitigate in some ways, such as the first 3 bullet points from what Wikipedia says this about preventing MLF: For some wine styles, such as...

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This is just my third year making wine from grapes. First year using my 4 bucket press, but only on the very last of the 5 different wines. Really happy with what I hope will be 5 distinct wines, though time will tell how distinct the 2nd and 3rd are, as well as the 4th and 5th. Here's a quick...

I'm probably getting too technical here, but it is not illegal to grow Durif, Marselan, Pinot Noir, Nebbiolo, Touriga Nacional, or Cabernet Sauvingnon in the Rhone or any other wine region. However, it is illegal to put any of those grapes into a bottle which claims to be a "Cotes du Rhone" (or...

Petite Sirah originated in France, where it is known as Durif. It is pretty rare in France but not illegal to grow, it just may not be an accepted blending grape in many of the best known French wine regions which hurts its demand in France. Durif is popular in Australia, and Petite Sirah is...

Prefer it did not have the quotation marks, but they do help jog the old memory bank.