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The only time I picked La crescent they were golden not green.

I went out yesterday and found about 5 lbs. a lot of the plants were bent over like Dave said. I went to a spot that was loaded with bushes, but someone else got them. Between the birds and other winemakers you gotta be quick.

last year i pitched Avante yeast in my itasca must and didn't realize it was no longer viable. The natural yeast on the grapes began fermenting so i didn't realize my commercial yeast was dead. by the time i realized what happened i lost all my white wine to a horrible smelly natural yeast. I...

thats a good plan, spray in early morning. good luck.

2017 cherry/ plum blend. Very nice flavor and aroma, it tastes somewhat sweet but it’s a dry wine.

Have you reached out to any university extension office? My extension dept is quite helpful with these issues.

Could’ve been the weather during pollination or a mineral deficiency. Or grape leaf flea beetle, lots of reasons.

If there’s one there must be more. I hope they never make it to Wisconsin.

I did not refilled it. It tastes ok, the plum wine lost some flavor. The wine might be ok, there’s hardly any sugar in it.

Update , after a couple months the filtered wine has begun to slightly ferment in the bottle. No more trials like this. I have about thirty bottles that need to be drunk very soon. So my neighbors will be getting bottles of wine tomorrow.

I taste them, if they arent real bitter they’re ready.

As I’ve been driving around I’ve noticed the elderberry bushes are ripe now. Time to get out and harvest. This year I’m going to pick and freeze the berries for a winter project.

This is how uneven mine are. I don’t think I’m over cropping the vines, I guess I’ll find out in a month or so.

Grapes look great, does Foch complete veraison uniformly? It takes my Marquette about three weeks for all the clusters to completely color.

I use vp41 with very good results. Here’s the specs on it. Alcohol Tolerance: <16% pH: >3.1 Total SO2: <60ppm Temp: >61°F Frequently used in: all styles of red, white, and rosé wines, restarting stuck fermentations

My wife blew a stop sign on her birthday. She’s ok, some small fractures and bruising. Thought I’d share pics of the car. The car that hit her basically sheared off the front end. All the airbags went off saving my wife from serious injury.

Welcome, that’s a nice selection of grapes. Whereabouts are you , I’m in Waupaca. I’ve been growing Marquette for 8 years and itasca four years.

Looks like a great cut, last time I ate af a bbq place the meat was mostly fat. Yours looks great.

That’s one thing I don’t have to worry about. Are you in an area that has lots of birds due to farm fields? If not you can probably use a couple fake owls.

Marquette can be made into a very good wine. I’ve also tasted very bad Marquette. I’ve tried Marquette wine from grapes grown in clay soil, loamy soil and sand and they all taste different. Like any wine it starts in the vineyard.