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  1. keverman

    Incomplete MLF

    Here is a clip of the Lodi Lab report: I was suspect too, especially since last year's sample read exactly the same on malic at 0.5 g/l and VA at 0.44 g/l. Seems scientifically unlikely that 2 different vintages are exactly the same on those readings? The MLF seemed to progress very...
  2. keverman

    Incomplete MLF

    Looking for advice: It seemed like MLF was complete on my Marquette, tested complete with just those little test strips. I sent a sample to lab for full analysis for fun and to check my own testing skills on TA, etc.. Malic acid came back .5 g/l still, everything else looked good: 6.0 TA...
  3. keverman

    Fall 2018 crush and pictures.

    120 lbs. Marquette...our first harvest. No crusher, so we did it the hard way; raked them over a grate to get a fair amount of whole berries.
  4. keverman

    First year vines, fall maintenance help

    Would it be terrible to prune and train some of this wild growth now? I am wondering if I should because it would be that much more woody by the end of winter?
  5. keverman

    First year vines, fall maintenance help

    Questions for first year vines: A new planting of Marquette in Northern Ohio, and they have gone crazy. They completely filled the trellis in both directions (multiple canes) and the trunks are all at least 1/2" thick. Is there such a thing as a second year crop? I always read to let them...
  6. keverman

    Can it sit a week after press?

    Thank you! Done, and leaving town with everything buttoned up.
  7. keverman

    Can it sit a week after press?

    I pressed my Marquette on Sunday and it included a fair amount of whole berries, so a slow ferment continues in the airlock pails from the small amount of sugar left in the whole berries, which I read is normal. What I read did say it should finish up within 24 hours or so after press...
  8. keverman

    2018 in the vineyard

    From what I understand, GDD is a heat accumulation number for a specific area, usually by zip code, so not really crop specific. That number is a predictor of horticultural events, like disease outbreaks, insect emergence, bloom time, ripening, etc. I'm in Ohio and my numbers come from The...
  9. keverman

    2018 in the vineyard

    Marquette harvest was Sept. 3 (2871 GDD in Huron, Ohio) We came in at 24 Brix, 3.4 pH and 9.0 TA. We hand crushed using a 1" grate over a bucket, aiming to get a fair amount of whole berries. Ended up with 118 lbs. from our 16 third year vines.
  10. keverman

    New guy from Ohio

    Powdery mildew question: I am just now seeing subtle, splotchy white-grey areas on leaves, and I'm about 3 weeks from harvest on my Marquette. Do I spray this late in the game, or would it be okay to wait until after harvest? If I need to now, Captan?
  11. keverman

    Marquette - what have you tried?

    nhinshaw, I'm so new, I'm just soaking up everything the other have to say! Ibglowin, I thought about planting some Noiret for a field blend, how do you time up the different harvest dates?
  12. keverman

    Marquette - what have you tried?

    This is my first harvest, so I can't speak to yield yet, but my setback has been black rot. This is year 3, and if not for getting rid of a lot of infected clusters, I think I would have approached a full harvest. As is, it seems like I'll get about 100 lbs. out of this year's 18 vines. It...
  13. keverman

    Petite pearl

    Ditto, here. Would love to learn how to make a really good Marquette this year. Last year's is just ok...
  14. keverman

    Marquette - what have you tried?

    Thanks! Any cold soak, oak, cold stabilzation? How is the mouthfeel? Mine seems a little thin.
  15. keverman

    Marquette - what have you tried?

    I am harvesting my first Marquette, 18 vines in northern Ohio (Lake Erie AVA). I have a "practice" run in a carboy in the basement from grapes purchased in Traverse City, MI last year. I used D254, MLF and a little french oak spiral, also adding some UVA-Tan tannin early in the process...
  16. keverman

    2018 in the vineyard

    YES! Thank you, I google aerial roots and that's it. Interestingly, that vine went into veraison a good 2 weeks earlier than the rest....
  17. keverman

    2018 in the vineyard

    Thanks for the organic info!!
  18. keverman

    2018 in the vineyard

    Hello, novice grower and winemaker here, with Marquette vines in their third year in Ohio. Did not spray fungicide, being a tree-hugging wannabe, and no signs of disease first 2 years. Black rot got about 1/2 my 3rd year crop, but I still have a lot left that look nice. Next year the spray...
  19. keverman

    Marquette getting more sour, not less

    Yes, fall 2017. I was really hoping age and evolution were the answer, so thank you! My fear was vinegar, so I feel better about that. It did seem much softer right after cold stabilization than it does now, and I partially wondered if I should repeat that. I was not able to see any...
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