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Will the new one have winemaking facilities?

there’s likely an “allowable” amount. The safety of the end-product is what’s important. Quality is important too, but making people sick is bad for business.

That’s what I use… maybe even the same brand. I bought a graduated cylinder for accurate measurements and mix them in some plastic lab bottles.

Well I finally got this one in the bottle (for the second time)! I bottled it last year after 11 months in the carboy and got the now famous (on WMT) purple volcano. After another year in bulk I finally got around to bottling it again. 41 bottles of 2022 northern red blend and 21 bottles of...

I think it’s an osmotic pressure thing. The high sugar content draws liquid out of the blackberries.

My Brianna were like that too. But they were picked at 18 Brix to save them from the birds. I only had one vine. I froze them so hopefully that helps extract juice.

where’s the fun in that? Pity about the vineyard though. Looks to me like multiple diseases have infected the vines and grapes. Is the winery still open? I would imagine that, like most small businesses, they have a pretty high failure rate.

Welcome. You have come To the right place. I believe we have a few UK residents on the forum.

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I have one Brianna with grapes this year. The other 12 were browsed to nubs by deer when flowering. Today I noticed birds had been pecking and ants were all over them so I picked them I destemmed them and ended up with a half gallon of grapes in the freezer that I’ll toss in with my...

Welcome. No Mustang grapes up north but I’ve dabbled in other wild grapes.

I have plenty of 10yr old air dried cherry sitting around… I sense an experiment in the making

I never heard of using cherrywood for aging wine.

If you take pictures of the leaves you can send them to Michigan university extension for ID. I’m sure they have a viticulture program. Yooper or Troll?

Welcome to WMT. There are several Regulars fro MI and WI. What kinds of grapes are you growing?

😮 that is crazy. And infuriating 🤬. Sounds like a fence is the right call. I will be installing a 7 foot fence with woven wire on the bottom four feet to deter raccoons and turkeys. Then high tensile wire above that. I plan on putting offset bars on the top to hold an additional wire out...

I use TWC so I went with the full bee netting.

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

😥 I will tilt a glass for her tonight.