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Hey crush day, just had the same situation. The company I got mine from said max 6 day soak, and they stressed max and water change on 3rd day.... might need to bribe a neighbour...

Thank you so much Tim. Spreadsheet downloaded and donation sent. RT

Have you changed water source or schedule? Looks similar to an issue I had last year with my hard well water. Frequent , small watering built up salinity in the soil. Also Looks like pierces but I was unaware it is not in UK. If not water or pierces then probably nutrient issue. Lots of good...

Tim I really appreciate you posting this for everyone to use if they see fit. RT

Did a first prune today on my 1 year old vines. Thank you to the great advice here, I pruned to about 18”. The snow here is pretty much all gone and I was very relieved to see no rodent damage as I feared. Everything looks like it made. Gamay and blaufrankish looked great, surprisingly la...

Interesting , I read about staging multiple varietal presses to add to the bulk, but hadn’t thought of staves to take up space. Yes the 100lbs would be single varietal pressed so would need to make that work. For the staves would they be placed against the bladder? Would it need to be a solid...

Hi all, I need some advice. I have my eye on a used 80l bladder press. My question is, can it press batches as small as 100lbs grapes? Depending on variety I will do presses between 100lbs and 1000lbs batches. Can it do this range effectively ? Thank you, RT

Hi all, Just came into a bunch of champagne bottles and now want to make a nice sparkling wine. Looking to use traditional method. Any wine kits that are naturals for this? Thanks for the suggestions. RT

Hi v&b in preparation to do many cuttings one things was made clear, they have to be rooted the right direction up. Can you determine from the buds which end is down, and then stimroot it and plant.

Great stuff Balaton, thank you very much for the in depth reply, that makes a lot of sense to me. RT

Awesome, great advice Balaton. In your experience do the majority of bugs vacate the clusters? Just wondering what makes them leave the grape cluster when picked but they stay on the grapes when in the vineyard? Thanks, RT

HI all, in preparing my notes for what I will be doing differently this fall I need a plan for earwigs. My first crush of the season was Pinot Noir, I crushed and fermented, and when transferring to the press it surprised my how many earwigs (lots) were on the surface. I removed what I could and...

Hi all, wondering if anyone has direct experience or indirect feedback from those who might be using gofermentor especially at a commercial level? Thank you. RT

Hi vinesbines, I am located in the Kootenay’s of bc Canada. I am using a modified vsp . It’s like smart dyson. Train just like vsp but on west side pull out upright vines to droop down thereby shading fruit from late day sun and split canopy to soak as much sun as possible.

Wow incredible advice. I too was planning on pruning to 2 buds in February. Like you I am planting many varieties to understand my location and what will do well before I plant out the acreage. So far 25 gamay, 25 la crescent, and 100 lemberger, this spring I plant 25 Pinot noir, 25 Pinot Gris...

Vinesbines , can you explain why pruning to two buds in your zone was bad idea? My vines are going into second year next year and I plan to prune to 2 buds. I’m zone 5a. Thanks, RT

And there you nailed it Booty Juice. That is the realization I am coming to. The masses like what they like and the commercial wineries have figured that out, I just always assumed it was all natural to get to that point (understanding that term is open for more interpretation). It brought me...

Booty that is what I read too, just the prevalence of this flavour additives is concerning. In my mind I have this romantic idea that one day I will open my winery and sell my wines. I like to try a variety of commercial wines to understand what I like and friends like so that I can i start to...

So Crushday's experience with Pinot Noir was perfect timing for the questions and thoughts I had. While my pinot pressed out deeper color, I still found it very thin tasting in comparison to those commercial wines I have liked. I recently had a bottle of Meomi and thought how can they get that...

Hats off Crushday, an incredible gift indeed. You will have an amazing cellar! RT