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Thank you. The information was really helpful. I'll rack tomorrow. And then I'll test again in 3 weeks. Thank you so much.

So when I first made the must it was sitting at about 1.110. Now it's at 1.010.

Hey everyone. So, I decided for the first time attempt at making wine I was going to make homemade mead. I wanted the alcohol level a little higher then the 12% that is standard, so I added in 15% more honey then what was standard. Now, here's my question. I was reading other people's notes on...

Ok. Thank you. Will do.

Thank you for that info. I printed out the red and white manuals, as well as the checklist. I've been reading those since yesterday. There's a lot of info there. Gotten through the first few pages, and I will keep on going with it. I know I'll have to read those manuals multiple times. And I'm...

That is the batch of mulberries I pressed a few minutes ago. About 3 cups of juice and must. Now, I am curious if I should try to turn this into a mulberry wine to try my hand at the wine making, or if I should turn this into mulberry jam, which my family is asking me to make. Lol. I've made...

I intend on it. And to learn as much as I can on here as well. That's definitely something I'm going to want to be trying. Starting with the mulberries and raspberries. 😀

I love that guy's videos. I have not watched them all in order but I've watched a bunch of them, especially the videos about the anatomy of a grape vine, and on the specific training systems suggested by Double A Vineyards where I got my wine grape vines, as they were my only resource before I...

Thank You so much for this information. I was pretty sure that a lot of the information was incorrect. I will definitely do that. And I will purchase a few kits over the next month and start the process. And, as far as not having enough to do much, this much I knew. The way I have my training...

Hey everyone. Just wondering if anyone knows of any resources to be able to print out a list of aging times for different kinds of wine. Things like cabernet sauvignon is redily available, and from what I have read, 5 to 20 years is the aging rate, 5 being the lowest. Although it did say that...

Hey everyone. My name is Chris. Been an organic farmer for the last 25 years, and over the last 6 years got into grape growing. Prior to this year, our grape vines were always just a grape vine growing on a fence, and let to grow free. 4 years ago I started studying the different training...

Thank you. Never done that before. Definitely will try it. I use a lot of organic fungicides and pesticides (they aren't cides, but they do the same thing organically). The only thing that I won't use is a weed killer, because I have not found any functional organic weed preventatives. But that...

I saw that on the double a Vineyards website that pretty much all the species which are used primarily in making wine are very susceptible to different diseases. Now, they do make organic fungicides and powder mildew preventers. So I am going to look into those, just in case. Obviously there's...

Thank you. And any information I get from here will be utilized. :)

Definitely going to look into the local places as well. Up to this point, I've never actually spur or cane pruned before. Just letting them grow on our fence or an a-frame trellis. So I'm going to look into meeting up with some local Vineyards to learn hands on. The only experience I have with...

Understood. Thank you very much.

I've made wines before, but only very small amounts, and I've experimented with raspberry wine, grape wines, and blueberry wines. This will be the first year growing grape specifically designed for wines though, and the first year doing spur pruning.

Hello everyone. Just a quick question regarding Cross Pollination that I am not 100% sure about. If a species of grape is Self-Pollinating, and it is planted next to another self-pollinating species, can they still cross pollinate? Here is the reason I am asking. I have 13 vines coming in on...

Hey everyone. New to this board, but looking forward to speaking with everyone. My name is Chris. I've been an organic gardener for the last 24 years, and this year we have decided to grow grapes to make juice, wine, jams, and obviously table grapes to eat. I have a shipment of vines coming in...