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dry them out indoors. You can use a hair dryer or blow them dry with a fan

Pacific Muscat Spatlese/Auslese 2023-2024 This is a blend in a glass from my cooler of a very fragrant but slightly flat homegrown Siegerrebe-Ortega Auslese (SG 1.093) blended about 40/60 with my 2024 Australian Orange Muscat SG 1.083 from Fresco juice. Here are my comments: Appearance - pale...

they sell Pinotage grapes.

Framboise 2024 Raspberry table wine fermented with 71B yeast and topped with French Chambord (black raspberry liqueur). 15 lbs frozen raspberries covered with 7.5 lb of cane sugar for 2 days while thawing before adding 2.5 Imperial gallons of water plus pectic enzyme and nutrient followed by...

Mettler Lodi sells Pinotage

grape skins smell better at high brix. You can always drop pH (I use citric acid after MLF) if you need to.

Petite Pinnacle in a glass 50/50 with Black Iris Foch Syrah Appearance - clear, inky purple Smell - good clean nose, very complex, hard to describe Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - rich and tasty red. It has tannin in the aftertaste. This blend in a glass is fine retaste: Appearance -...

I'd make two blends. You have a challenge with these 3 varietals Petite Sirah - rich, high intensity, low acid (east of San Francisco this could be very good) (I'd ferment it with RC212 with B vitamin nutrients) Mourvedre - smells like Italian seasoning - sensational in Grenache with Syrah...

retaste (I have 6 left after this): retaste: Petite Pinnacle 2021, 2023 Here are my comments on this blend in a glass from my cooler: Appearance - inky purple Smell - good rich nose - black licorice, prunes, cocoa, plums, cigar box, tar Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - intense, rich...

your carboys are etched. Once you follow Winemaker 81 your carboys should be chemically clean. i.e. even if they are slightly opaque from being etched they should be useable for storage of any of your wines. Whatever deposit you had is inorganic. Bleach would destroy an organic deposit.

congratulations!

retaste: Black Iris Foch Syrah 2022-23 wild blackberries, wild black cherries (pitted), dried elderberries, Sheridan Syrah (repair job), homegrown organic Marechal Foch Appearance - inky purple, slight fizz Smell - complex, wild cherries, caramel, cocoa, Chinese 5 spice, roast duck, marzipan...

you can add a kit wine to your Cab-Frontenac Lots of people here can help you do that once you weigh your Cabs-Frontenac and Isabella-Concord i.e. 2 wines I don't make kit wines but have over 40 years ago but lots of people here do and will help you make decent wines out of all of your...

I felt like tasting it again so I think I'll bottle into a split to leave 3.5 bottles to age: Smell - cocoa, chinese 5 spice, cola, elderberries Tannin - good Acid - very slightly high but okay Flavour - rich and tasty with a good aftertaste. Tannin lingers in the mouth so it should have no...

Chardonnay Ambrosia 2021-2022 This is Chardonnay spiked with fresh ground and pressed Okanagan Ambrosia apples Appearance - clear, lemon yellow Smell - good nose. Ambrosia improves it. Tannin - good Acid - very slightly flat but not by much (my wife will like it so I'll leave the rest for...

I'd keep Cab franc and Cab Sauvignon separate from Concord and Isabella.

you don't know if its exactly the same issue or not.

put 1/4 cup of bleach in each 1 and fill them up with water to soak for 48 hours

Retaste: retaste: Appearance: inky purple Smell - smoked duck, venison, cocoa, prune plums Tannin - good Acid - good Flavour - this is good to now good-very good house red, the best unblended one I've ever made in over 30 years. 71B/RC212 yeast combo seems to improve it a lot. This was...