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So…. How do i know when to rack into secondary? When sg reaches 1.000, or when fermentation stops? As i understand it, yeast stops fermentation when either there’s no more sugar to consume, or they die off. If i keep feeding them sugar they’ll keep producing alcohol until it reaches a level...

Just found this forum. I have a 4 vines in the garden that were here when we bought the house. Trying to train them into an overhead trellis that I saw in Italy when we were riding the alps. Last year I was able to harvest 150 lbs of grapes which i turned int 27 bottles of my first wine. Dont...

funny, I thought it was just about smashing grapes and putting it in a bottle. lol I get it, I realize that there a lot of serious vintners here and it seems like commercial wine growers/makers. I'm sure I'll learn a lot if I weed through the techinical stuff. I've certainly learned a whole lot...

so I guess i should have stated that this is just a hobby for me and I'll only be doing this for me and the fam, so not looking for advanced techniques.

numbers this evening were as follows SG-1.032 TA-5.5g/l using a wine acid test kit ph-3.05 @63 degrees using a kegland ph meter calibrated to 4.0, 6.89, and 9.18 prior to testing. added 3 grams of fermaid-k per recipe. still chugging along. temp of the must using a IR temp gun at surface is...

No crystals in the grape wine. I had tiny bubbles in the secondary after 4 rackings in 2 mpnths in the secondary. about 3 inches of lees before the first racking, 2 after the second, less that an inch after 3rd and fourth. let everythong clear naturally, no fining. looked clear enough for me. I...

On a side note, any idea how to post videos from an iPhone?

So, I unplugged the heating mats and of course the fermentation settled back down. Gonna test for sg/ ta/ and ph before adding fermaid-k this afternoon. Will post numbers when done. Thanks for all the advice!

Apparently I don’t know how to post videos out . Mov

I too recently started a batch of strawberry wine. I used Jack Kellers recipe/instructions from his "Home winemaking" book with Daniel Pambianchi Circa 2021, ppg 152-153. I tripled the recipe as follows- 10.5 lbs frozen strawberies ( from my Garden) 5.25 lbs turbinado surgar(dissolved in 6...

love the last sentence!

When bottling wine, does it matter what size bottle is used? The reason I ask is because I’m thinking of using both splits (187.5ml) and regular (750 ml) bottles so that I can use the smaller bottles for tastings throughout the aging process. I know that Whisky ages/matures faster in smaller...

What is a LHBS?

Where does everyone source their bottles and corks from? I’m looking for 187.5ml splits to use for tastings instead of opening up full 750ml bottles during bottle aging.

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Is there a lexicon that I can use to compare these attributes?

I inherited 3 black/ blue grape vines with the horse I bought 3 years ago. How can I ascertain what varietals they are? My local extension office stopped doing so analysis so, I believe I’ll have zero luck getting them to test them for me.

The pictures are from last year. If you notice the arbor, I have never trimmed all vines back to the mail trunk and let 2-3 per branch stay long. I’ve never been taught how to prune grape vines so… I’m trying to grow a canopy over the space below the vines. Will post pictures as the grapes...

Let me try this again! Newbie from Michigan. Last year I harvested one 150 lbs of concord style grapes from my arbor (vines were in the garden when we bought the house), and over 100 lbs of strawberries that we planted. Sold most of the berries that we didn’t eat, Ana turned the grapes into 6...