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Will participants receive medals? Obviously provided their wine scores high enough.

I figured with it being a 'red wine' it may benefit from some aging of that nature.

Well I only put 1/3 of the f pac in at the end, the other 2/3 I use to boost alcohol.

I was thinking of buying two of the 15 gallon FlexTanks to try them out (one will always be empty and used for racking). I was thinking a triple batch of WE BlackBerry Cabernet. Do you think this kit would benefit from 6 months of Flex Tank oxygenation? Or would it ruin the flavor profile? I...

Thanks for the info. I've heard that cordon spur is good for Cab Sauv because it has a tendency to produce 'blind' buds on canes. I have no idea how common that is though.

3 questions. Vineyard is in the Willamette Valley with very good soil. I'm growing Gewurz in an Alcace style training system. Should I trim the renewal canes to 6 buds per side? (12 per plant) or leave them 'natural length' Also growing Pinot Noir and Viognier in bi-lateral cane training. (I...

My winexpert petit verdot was the same.

I highly doubt it's phyloxera, they're grafted to 3309 rootstock which has good resistance. The grapes are gewürztraminer.

Well I'm 100% in we closed on the (expansion) property last Thursday. I think my first step will be getting the 'conditional use' permit from the county which will allow for a store and facility (which principally prepares our farmed product for sale) and also a tasting room.

My grapes were perfectly fine and then I had to transplant them to containers because I'm moving. What's wrong with the leaves? Is this detrimental to the vine if left unchecked for about 2 months?

I think if malolactic bacteria eat citric acid it produces vinegar.

So I decided I would become legal this year. I have no idea where to start. My county requires a 'conditional use' permit since I would be selling wine on farm/forest land (that's what the property is zoned) that's $400 for the initial meeting, then if approved another $3995.00 but it's...

Was that a heavy weight or thin walled flextank?

I would plant the vinifera grapes 5 feet apart and 7 feet between rows. That is of you're doing a cordon spur training system.

How are you getting those corks shipped for 7 cents each? They quoted me $186 (shipping) for 1,000 corks. $125 for the die. And alggormated corks are $70-$130 per 1,000.

So are you saying whites will brown in a barrel even if they have veru high sulfite levels? (The high sulfite levels are ONLY to prevent browning during barrel aging.)

Thw people I've met who've had hangovers often get 'pass-out drunk', does this count as 'deep sleep' lol?

So2 levels around 100 ppm. Only while in the barrel. I have an SC300 so I can test for this.

Can you prevent a white from browning by using very high sulfite levels?

Several questions. 1. You can use a barrel to evaporate water (and alcohol) out of the wine, is this good for whites too? Ex. If there was a heavy rain just before harvest or you added too much to a concentrate. 2. If you use a barrel for reds first then once it's neutral you decide to do...