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I think this guy is out of Tempranillo now, and although business is business i can hardly stomach asking him to send another two pails (assuming this must that got warm/hot is ok)

And I feel bad, the guy at Grape Masters had done EVERYTHING he can do to make it right. We might be driving up to meet him halfway (4 hours for both of us) to pick up pails or something, but I feel horrible even telling him something is wrong again.

and now UPS has struck. The shipper paid for saturday delivery. UPS decided to put them on a hot vehicle on saturday and leave them. Today one (so far) has been delivered. It was hot and swollen, but not punctured. One was marked damaged and discarded by UPS, and the other still says out for...

I have one of those i bought used but it was originally used for making beer. i'm paranoid to use it for wine because I cant convince myself i've cleaned it enough

Yeah I have total faith they sell quality product. This was just the screw up of the US Postal service. I had a minor annoyance it took 3 weeks to ship, but the communication has been great and he's helped with the shipping fiasco. Shipping out 3 more to me, but i offered to pay for upgraded...

FYI for anyone interested, I actually found some from Brehm. I was looking on morewinemaking and it didnt list them and i went to brehm direct. Preorder anyway

Hey folks! I'm looking for some Tempranillo. I ordered 3 pails from Grapemasters but due to NO fault of their own it got screwed up. The postal service screwed it up, 1 pail arrived hot and busted, wrapped in a trash bag, zero juice and hot stinky grapes. The other two still havent showed up...

Bumping this because, although its a bit early, I bottled the Nebbiolo about 3 weeks ago. The tannins were SUPER strong. Made me pucker. Decided to crack a bottle tonight just to do an "approximate month" status check and the tannins have calmed to an enjoyable level and everything is great.

If keystone offered de-stemming, crushing, freezing and shipping of the fresh stuff I'd buy a lot more from them. the Vino brand they have is GREAT. It's just pricey and limited in variety.

I'll let you know what I get from grapemasters. Although it's been THREE WEEKS since I ordered (as of monday when they'll finally ship it). I'm running dangerously close to being out of town for two weeks for work and I'm going to be upset if my 8 month pregnant wife has to receive all 3 buckets...

Bumping this. I bought two buckets of pinotage, mixed them together and fermented. Could be a bit dodgy since I wasnt able to attend to it regularly and mess with it, threw in some bacteria for MLF with the yeast, as well as plenty of opti-red. who knows...didnt mess with it much so it may be...

I called them and asked if I could get them both at the same time and crushed. Got a call back and was told that if I order, and put that in the comments they will crush/de-stem and freeze the grapes for me so i can pick it up at the same time as the juice. I'm thinking about 2 or 3 lugs of...

Well, I racked this today after just under 48 hours, I had a full 3 gallon carboy and about a quarter of a gallon in another glass 1 gallon jar. I had some time wondering what I was going to do with the quarter gallon, scratched my head a bit and decided to blend it with the 3/4 gallon jar i had...

I recommend it. I'm the type that likes to be "involved" in the making. So punching the cap down, measuring, and the stuff that's a bit more involved in making it from grapes scratches that itch for me.

@pgentile I've done 3 frozen musts so far this winter. A nebbiolo and Sangiovese from vinosuperiore and this one from winegrapes direct. I may be wrong (I dont have the ability to test PH yet) but I believe winegrapesdirector adjusts the overall harvest and then packages it into 5 gallon buckets...

I'm gonna have a tough time clearing it. I've now got about 2 inches of gross lees and its not even beginning to clear

Just a glass or two. 80% Nebbiolo and 20% Barbera

Right now I'm lost. I have a Nebbiolo I made from a 5 gallon must bucket that is in aging/MLF. I have a Sangiovese I also made from a 5 gallon frozen must bucket. MLF/aging Today I racked/pressed a Mourvedre, so its sitting a few days to settle and then rack off the gross lees. Now I'm...

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Just pressed and racked my Mourvedre, from winegrapesdirect. For starters, this was the first wine that I've ever had blow through the airlock. The must was super thick. Overwhelming amount of grapes. It felt like I needed a 10 gallon bucket. I was provided opti-red, go ferm, and fermaid-o to...