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Hi All, Found Star-San at Amazon for a good price… cannot ship to my address. I found Star-san at other sites with shipping that costs more than the product! 😡 Any good substitute for it to use as the sterilizing solution? Dave

I feel silly even responding to this thread. I have 10 Merlot vines almost all at maturity. Two years in a row of only having enough grapes to make a bottle... both turned out to be vinegar (really had no idea what I was doing and did not have the equipment). This year the vines finally produced...

Congratulations Sir! I’m happy for you. Now make that “not so great” better… every vintage! 👍😀 Dave

Doesn't get much simpler than that!

Hi All, I started this thread just about 2 weeks ago. As you can see by the picture, things are starting to change. Also changing are the leaves… redness around the edges. Possibly potassium deficiency? What to do about it now, if anything? Dave

Thanks V, I do have 2 brand new buckets ready. 👍😀

Gotcha! 👌

Do you do the Star San thing? Sounds like you use Oxy for everything?

Are you guys talking about the OxyClean laundry, spot remover stuff? What's the attraction with that (as opposed to any other cleaner)?

Hi All, The hope this year is I will have enough must after crushing to be able to use a 5 gallon bucket (may only be a couple gallons of must... I don't know how to judge that based on the number of clusters I have on the vines. I've seen folks just put a towel over the top and have also seen...

Honestly, if I hadn’t found WMT, and asked all those beginner questions and heeded the answers I got, I might not be where I am today in love with the endeavor (hobby if I may call it that). Dave

Hi All, If the answer is yes, I probably should have done it long ago. At this stage of the game would it benefit to cut them off? They’ve grown out of the main cluster arm from the vine. Someone tell me what this is called, I’ve read a name but it eludes me.

Good Morning Everyone, Last year I bought my first wine thief… a skinny little glass thing. It takes forever to get enough juice to fill a cylinder for the hydrometer. The only larger thief I seem to find is the 3 piece plastic thing that everyone says “don’t bother with, it leaks”. In some of...

My two absolute favorites that I can watch a couple times a year are ”Bottle Shock“ and “A Good Year”. “From the Vine” is another.

Homemade spaghetti sauce using tomatoes from the garden, homemade meatballs, thin spaghetti, a garden salad topped with Italian dressing, a hard roll and a full glass of Pino Noir. Good health!👍😀

What’s your favorite wine related movie?

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Good Afternoon All, NICE conversation, thank you all for chiming in! It's a hobby right? We don't quit just because it didn't turn out perfect on the first try. I have two other endeavors that I take very seriously; classical guitar making and playing along with wooden model ship building. I...

I just visited your site. Outstanding! I think I might spend some time there. I am not shy about asking questions and learning... or sharing what I have to offer. ;)

I truly admire your collection. You are not a “wine dabbler”! 😆