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You could probably benefit from searching here for articles on muscadine wine. I recommend Lalvin 71B-1122 yeast. It eats some of the acid and leaves more of the fruity flavor and aroma of the muscadines. Muscadines are acidic, so you're not going to resolve that completely by delaying harvest...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are no stems in harvested muscadines. I have a screw type basket press, which works fine for muscadines that have been fermented. I tried pressing some bronze muscadines before fermentation once, and I got about a quart of juice from a 5 gallon bucket of...

If the spray used for the weeds on the hill was 2,4-D or dicamba, it could be the problem. It looks like chemical damage. 2,4-D is a growth regulator and your vines look like they tried to open a million buds. Grapes are very sensitive to 2,4-D for one thing. For another thing, you can spray...

Did you wet or soak your corks before bottling?

I've looked over this thread a couple of times. Can you say anything more specific than "native grapes?" I see you're in Arkansas, so they could be muscadines. Muscadines are much more difficult to start from cuttings than other grapes.

Plant muscadines. You won't have to use any of that stuff.

The left and middle vines seem to have some low leaves and shoots. That should be removed and any new buds or shoots coming out of the lower part of the trunks should be removed. The low vegetation will be close to the dew and fungus from the ground and will be more disease prone. Plus you don't...

No leaves at all? If they had a few leaves and were just sitting there, I'd say they are growing roots and won't take off until the root system gets developed. But if they're just sticks and not a single leaf, they're either real late or dead. If you're in a cold area, they may be waiting for...

The wire(s) at 6' in height? Can you also clarify "putting the fruiting zone down 4-5'?"

If that's a 5 gallon batch, you used water to bring it to 5 gallons?

Mine was good. It convinced me to plant more aronia bushes. How about posting the reciper?

Sunset on the muscadines. This is a Geneva double curtain trellis with the wires at a little over 5 feet high. The wires are 4 feet apart. Each vine has between 36 and 40 feet of cordon. I've been pruning for a few weeks and I think I'm a little over half done.

Missouri has some different climate zones. Chokeberries (aronia) do well in Missouri. I have elderberries close to my muscadines, but they're not very susceptible to diseases.

I think the sulfite/ammonia smell you describe sounds more like k-meta than rotten egg. I have used empty spring or distilled water jugs for sanitizing solution also. I used a black magic marker to write on multiple sides in very thick letters what it was. I have since started mixing my...

I thought it was because Joeycannoli wasn't logged in, but I'm logged in and can't see the pictures either.

The 1.095 is the starting specific gravity of the must. The high specific gravity is due to the sugar (or honey) content. Measuring that at the beginning and end tells you how much alcohol was produced. I use elderberries and muscadines together in primary fermentation every year. The...

They look like grape vines. Do you know if they are and what kind? If you don't know what they are, then what part of the country (assuming U.S.A.) Since you're talking about February pruning we have to guess you're in the northern hemisphere. It's always helpful to include as much information...

I think I'll go out to the wine store and pick up a high end muscadine/elderberry blend for one of them blind things.

I grow my muscadine grapes, elderberries, and blackberries to make the wine I make (I also make jelly and can some juice.) I would not pay what I would have to charge if I went by all my labor and expenses involved in growing the crops, harvesting, and making the wine to establish a value. I...

I blend elderberries with blackberries sometimes and I do a lot of elderberry/muscadine blends. Actually, I should have listed the elderberry second in each one, as I use, maybe 2 gallons of elderberries (10-12 pounds) and 20 or 30 pounds of either of the other fruit. I don't do anything to...