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Hi NorCal can you tell me a little more about the transfer pump you have. I see shurflo, but can you tell me the model #. Is it self priming? Thanks. RT

#winemaker81 is that your champagne bottle openers resting on the shelf? RT

Looks like it was also canning day! Same here, salsa day today. RT

Thank you Vern, great advice. Thank you all. RT

Thank you @toadie . Sounds like solid advice. RT

Good day all, During this spring's planting I planted 50 Gewurtz in a location that I would like to change. They were planted at the end of may and I received them as dormant bare root vines. Question: Would I be able to transplant them? If so, when would be best, now, late fall just as they go...

I have really enjoyed this thread, it connects back to a previous post I made about how the heck they can get Meomi Pinot Noir to look and taste like it does, especially when it is released less than 12 months after harvest. The answer came back resoundingly as MP. I did a bunch more reading on...

The YouTube video makes me feel better about my sanitation practices. Haha.

Is there an adapter available that would allow you to use a soda stream CO2 tank? Get more boost. When I used to make beer all the time, I liked to force carbonate, shake the jeepers out of the corney keg, that would really help, and get it damn close to freezing and you would get a great...

Excellent advice thank you @Rice_Guy. Yes, for sure it wasn’t a 1 micron absolute filter , only nominal. RT

Thank you Cap puncher, I can personally attest that the 1 micron doesn’t take out all or enough yeast. I had a beauty Pinot noir rose I made last year from grapes that had just a touch of residual sweetness that made it perfect, I tried cold crashing and filtering through a 1 micron then...

Hi Wayne, I have the same setup too and have used the 5 and 1 micron filters, it works great, but I hadn't seen a 0.45 absolute filter that worked with that setup so thought maybe they didn't exist or people weren't using it to filter out yeast for purposes of back sweetening. I had looked at...

Thank you BarrelMonkey, is there any benefit to mlf in the barrel? I was just assuming to do that in glass to make sure mlf had finished. As I recall my merlot and cab sauv ripened far enough apart that I would need to ferment them separately and then blend at barreling time. I guess I could mlf...

Thank you Rice_Guy, so a bit googling and found one on more beer .com that fits the profile. The best part is in the question/comment section someone already noted it fits and works with the filtration assembly recommended with the all in one wine pump which was gonna be my next question. For...

Reading the literature, it appears you need to filter wine through at least 0.45 micron filter to remove all viable yeast. Is there affordable options for the home wine maker to filter at this level? For context, say it is a white wine that you would like to slightly back-sweeten without using...

Ok excellent, that is exactly what I needed. BarrelMonkey you hit on my second question which I think I know the answer too, but I'll ask anyways... The barrel was recently, drained, and dried and sulphured, I assume with burning sulphur stick and then bunged. My intent was to leave it as is...

Yep, I used one last year, I made a stand for it so it sat at eye height, made a mesh screen to sit underneath it to screen out the majority of the stems. I have one for sale with a motor if you like. ;-) Just have to get to BC... Thread with photo. I went to a stainless crusher destemmer unit...

Exciting day, today I picked up my new to me oak barrel, a Saint Martin - Grande Reserve from a semi-local winery. It is a 2015, not sure how many vintages through it before me. I am making my plans for the fall and ordering my grapes to make a CS heavy bordeaux blend. How much extra wine...

Thank you NorCal. That helps a lot. I was wondering if you guys were getting the punishing heat we received the last couple of weeks and how it would impact the grapes. We were over 110 f a couple of days. RT

Afternoon all, Starting to plan for the fall and grape orders. Each year we bring in some old vine Zinfandel from Lodi. Year to year can be pretty variable. I am reaching out to those of,you in the know how is the season looking so far this year. Thank you, RT