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Congrats. It will only get better. I wish my vines were as nice as yours. I’ll have pictures next week if the weather, birds and bugs cooperate.

Good luck. We will harvest next weekend.

I heard Lacrosse area got hail. We did not east of Lax. Just plenty of rain.

Thank you very much. I just started using my Vinmetrica 200 this year for pH levels so this helps. This year was about as "ideal" as I've seen in my ten years of growing grapes right up to the rain that started over the past weekend and continues at this very moment. Thx

Tested on Sunday. Marquette's were 20.0 with a pH of 2.81 The rest were around 15.0 This rain will not help. Looking to harvest on the 21st in central western WI. I'll be in the Monroe area this weekend. Are you close?

I have ~ 240 Marquette in west central Wisconsin and we got down to -40F and all survived. Sabrevois, Prairie Star, Brianna, Louise Swenson and a couple Lacresent sprinkled in the mix just to keep me on my toes actually all survived the cold.

Wi_Wino, Have you checked sugars since Tuesday? Just by the taste test, I’m still a couple weeks out from harvest at least. Up by Lacrosse.

This happened to me as well. The same vine supplier sent ~50 Lacresent vines in 125 Brianna vines. When planting, you can’t tell the difference. So, 2 years later, I noticed there where vines that looked different and did not grow like the other sturdy Brianna. The clusters looked diseased and...

I’ve seen 2,4-D damage and my vines aren’t showing that type of leaf deformity. Your picture doesn’t look like it either. 2,4-D damage makes the leaf not look like a grape leaf. Elongated with curled points is the only to describe it without a picture. Here’s an article link to spray damage...

The new growth at the bottom is the vine trying to save itself. There may be a term for that but I’ve seen that on some of my very distressed vines. I tried to load a picture of my wilting Sab but it was too large. I might have to dig a trench to drain the low spot.

I have another Sab that looks like it’s on it’s the skids. I’ll get a photo tomorrow.

Depends on the year. Last year a flea beetle got the primary buds and I was down about 40% on my yield. Had whole rows of just vine and no clusters. This year looks promising. Verasion is slow but coming along. I pinched my fruit off the first 3 years. It’s hard that third year but all vines are...

I’ve lost 6 vines to this. Pretty sure it’s due to them being at the lowest spot in the vineyard with not so great drainage.

We live on the west side of Wisconsin and have ~450 sabrevois vines and they are pretty JB and mildew resistant. My vines are prolific growers and I have to hedge twice a season or would have a veritable jungle.

Now that is what a magnetic stirrer should look like. Very nice.

BenK, I have based on the recommendation of the local winery owner and I like the results. I'll have to check my notes on how much per 5 gals but I'm sure its just what the container says. Good Luck. We'll be testing the cold hardiness tonight and tomorrow. Forecast -35F. That's not the...

I got the cheapest magnetic stirrer. It works fine but you get a 20ml+ plastic “beaker” that fits into the plastic molding of the stirrer. You can’t put a larger beaker on it because it will not sit flat on the surface. Wasn’t like the ones I had back in the chem lab days.

Is Steve’s Headspace Eliminator an inert gas setup?

Hello, I’ve tried that with my Marquette and Sabrevois. I produced so/so results. I won’t be doing that again though and will be just making the wine as normal. I pick, destem/crush, ferment for a week or so, punching down twice a day, bladder press mixing first runs with the rest in either my...

I knew there would be a bottle scrapper out there. Thanks George! I recommend you go to your local winery and see if you take their used bottles off their hands. They may sell them for a fraction of new bottles or may just give them to you so they don’t have to throw them out. At least where I...