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I ferment right in the tubs, this season they were 10 days in the tubs, before going dry .99 S.G. on the hydrometer. I than pump the wine into the Stainless Steel VC tanks and rack the gross lees off after 2 days. We yielded 217 gallons of wine from the 4 tubs.

Completed another fantastic season with press day on Sunday we had 10 days on the skins. We did a split batch with D254 and D80 yeasts The Zin Blend when completely dry .99 on end of day 8 254 was a bit faster The Super Tuscan 254 went dry .99 on day 10 the D80 lagged with 1 brix left we still...

Awesome Dom, This is actually the first year I have not used Alicante, decided to change it up after 20 years. We shall see. The recipe that was handed down to me and I have used it every year since I started making wine. It makes a great drinking wine that goes with anything, from a nice filet...

Got our grapes on Friday we hand crushed the 2 tons took 3 of us 12 hours with setup and cleanup. We were a bit disappointed with the Lanza Sangiovese Brunello and Syrah, lots of raisins, and lots of sorting through grapes. the Number were good LMP Cab 168 Clone PH 3.50 and .75 TA , 26 Brix We...

This years Super Tuscan Label

Looking good...

I'm expecting mine this week from Gino Pinto, my friend tells me Lanza vinyard is 400 miles away from the fires.. I will find out this week

I fit 20- 36lbs lugs in a 350L tub,with room for the cap to rise, I have maxed it out at 22 lugs but its cutting its close with the cap rising and overflowing.

I have been blending Alicante for 20 years with Zin to give a deeper color, also Cab and Sangiovese. Really adds color to the blend

Just got the Lancman 120LT bladder press, its the last piece of equipment for a while we are excited about using it

These do make it much easier for, racking, cleaning, and storing. We use Wine Spirals in the tanks and oak barrels which are all neutral.https://www.infusionspiral.com/infusion-spiral-systems/american-oak-barrel-pack.html We just order another 200LT so we don't have to rack into glass anymore...

Wow that's a ride for you, when I lived up in Bergen County I would go to Corrados. Did Corrados get that bad to you make 100+ mile trip to Gino Pinto's? Now that I'm down in Ocean County I use Gino Pintos. We are making Zin and Super Tuscan, 78 Lugs in total, too much to pickup, Gino Pinto...

I would love it only problem I'm 3000 miles away in NJ

The bottle filler is Zambelli Hobby 5 I purchased from Gino Pintos Gino Pinto - Winemaking equipment, winemaking supplies, wine grapes. Pump & speed control I got from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FAA5Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Speed control Robot Check...

Crushday, Thanks for the response 1. We will most likely being the same quantity or slightly more next year 2. Red Grapes are fermented 3. The 120 is more than we would like to spend but would work if we save time with reduced press cycles Sounds like you ran a little over 300 lbs each press...

Where did you purchase it, I'm looking for one and trying to decide on 120 or the 80? we are doing 2740lbs of grapes

Trying to decide what size bladder press we should purchase seriously looking at the Lanceman tilting 80L or 120L we are going to press aprox 2800 lbs of grapes this season 1440 of our Zin and 1300 of Super Tuscan San/Cab/Syrah MY estimate is with the 120 I may have 3 runs for each vintage but...

Looks fantastic what bladder press are you using how did it work out for you? Mike

Completed our Bottling for 2019 2 vintage Zin and Super Tuscan we ended up bottling 68 cases 26 cases of Super Tuscan and 42 Cases on Zin. With 3 people took us 3 hours to sanitize, bottle and case the complete vintage and 1 hour four cleanup. With the new setup we saved 8 hours, we had enough...

We did not purchase a Bladder Press yet, We are planning on the 2nd week of October for our 2020 season we have aprox 3000Lbs of grapes we are going to make wine with. We are bottling last years vintage on Friday and will make the decision to buy a Bladder press. Right now its between a Lanceman...