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I appreciate @Hazelemere comment re: making rose out of marginal grapes. I am at a cross roads on my Zin. I thinned out clusters with obvious mildew or were way behind in development. Do I make more rose than I know we wouldn’t consume for a long time or roll the dice, make a red and possibly...

Great timing! I have a little over 100 vines of Zin and Syrah combined. I’m expecting around 15 gallons each. I made a rose out of the Zin and the Syrah went into a GSM blend. I was thinking Zin rose again and the Syrah as a stand alone red. I’m not a fan of a red spicy Zin, but perhaps...

I have a 20L (5.3 gallon) and a few 30L (7.9 gallon), all from craigslist cheap.

I've moved away from the glass carboys, but still keep a few in the rotation. I've migrated toward the Spiedel containers that range from 3-100 gallons. I've found them used and replaced the seals, but I really like the "square" 15.9 (60L) containers and have purchased 3 of them @ $99 with...

I’m going through and dropping fruit that is behind and has mildew. An example.

if you look close, there are clusters that I cut off laying on the ground.

I've also had mildew pressure in the vineyard. I would not invest any time in making wine with B or C. Even when I've made wine with grapes between A and B I've ended tossing the wine or made marginal wine that wasn't worth the time. I've been going through row by row and dropping anything...

My top three favorites, I chronicled here. 1. 100 point Cab Franc 2. Softest Petite Sirah 3. Barrel fermented Chardonnay

I’ve had the privilege to taste these wines and they were outstanding.

The tank made its debut. Ages 3 to 84 drove it. It was a hit and performed flawlessly. Safe enough for a 3 year old to drive in the low mode, but challenging for adults in the high mode.

An AI solution to answer your questions is pretty much inevitable, don't you think?

A little touch up on the graphics needed but calling phase 1 completed. Grandkid test next weekend. 0407 are the birth months of grandchildren #5,#6.

Congratulation on making the decision you will be happy you made. You can always go back to your easy desk job.

Added some of the details. I really wish I was more artistic and knew how to airbrush.

Just so happens I heard on the local news a vineyard owner in Amador saying, he has a big crop that is running later than last year. He just started veraison as well.

Looks like we are still behind, about 2-3 weeks from last year.

Major body panels are done. I’ll sand, paint and do graphics. I’ll add a surround around cockpit and a canon perhaps First drive with body.

I adjusted mine all the way out. I wanted as gentle of a crush as possible, specifically trying to avoid crushing seeds. There are however some downsides. A % of the grapes will go through uncrushed and isn't until pressing that the juice/sugar is released. It will go dry in the coming...

New batteries made a world of difference. The thing scoots pretty good. Still looking for spacers and studs so I can upgrade the tires. Passed the test to move on to the body build. Short video on the first ride on grass.

Same. For wine that I’m storing a month or so, I use a bung and a one way check valve. I will apply vacuum every week or so. It is also has the benefit of pulling co2 out of solution.