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Here is wishing you and the rest of your family a very happy and Merry Christmas this year. Last year was terrible for you I am sure but so glad you got past the worst of it and can move on now. The tree is symbolic as you have come to learn and can be very therapeutic to get it up and...

One suggestion I would have for you for testing the prototype would be to use a loaded cart to test for stability on a normal field - including less than perfectly smooth terrain, hills, slight ruts from tractor operating in wet weather when sprayings need to be done even though ideally you...

Frontenac will just laugh at a warm 0 degrees or even minus 10. Singles work well for it but double does alright also.

We usually have Thanksgiving dinner here but this year my wife's family is cooking it and it will be over at her Mom's place. I am hoping my wife is on the rebound then from her chemo she got Wednesday. Right now she isn't interested in much. Last round she had (her first) she began feeling...

Sorbate is the safer bet. 1 Micron is not small enough to get all the yeast out. You need a smaller size and that gets expensive for home wine. Sorbate is pretty reliable, but things can still happen even with that. Get all the yeast out you can, add sulfite and sorbate at recommended levels...

Aromella makes a very nice slightly sweetened wine. The slight tartness works well with the sweetness. I have worked with Aromella since around 2007 (long before it was named- one of the benefits of working in a Cornell research vineyard) and it never disappoints. You have a manageable level as...

Double A Vineyards has very reasonable prices when buying larger quantities. They can be combined to obtain the better pricing. Since you are getting 60 vines you could get 50 vine pricing which is $3 to 4 per vine. Stick to zone 4 or 5 vines. Don't just look at hardiness zones, but also their...

All the pictures and setups look great. They all exhibit what this forum is all about - sharing and having a great time! Keep up the great work.

Just replace the vine with a male vine which will not produce grapes. It may take a couple years to get a new one growing but the problem will be gone.

You can find a good selection of pumps for a bit more from MoreWine Pro https://morewinepro.com/search?search=pump Not endorsing them but they have been around for years and offer a good value to both home winemakers and pros alike. Another one I use is Gino Pinto. They have the same pump as...

I finally was able to get serious about beginning harvest here. It has been in the 80's to near 90 for two weeks now. We had a cool wet summer so the sugar levels were low and acid high. The heat ripened the fruit up to near ideal levels and it was only a high of 60 today so I picked all day...

Some people love to work with Frontenac in general and it can be a very versatile wine grape. I am not in that camp. Frontenac tends to be overpowering in taste and aromas and it can be extremely acidic. Frontenac gris can make a nice wine but I have made more bad ones than good ones and gave...

The latest Veraison to Harvest testing numbers should help you see what I am talking about here and I give all credit to the folks at Cornell for this. Here is a section of the test numbers showing Marquette around NY Marquette Region Harvest Date Description Ber. Wt. g. % Brix pH TA g/L YAN...

You are right in saying they probably are not right but if Marquette with a pH of 3.1 it would be getting close especially with over 23 brix. The TA here is key with 17 g/L. I think the meter is off- plain and simple and if you are relying on that meter to measure TA you will get a false...

The meter is way off for TA if pH is right

I agree with the SWD. I am just beginning to deal with it here and it is quite a battle!

It is a pretty interesting read. I have been using minimal oaking since my first batch of Marquette in 2006. That turned out too heavily oaked and I almost gave up on Marquette.

I think you are doing a great job in improvising solutions. I can appreciate the need for a diverse sprayer when you have different crops. I used to have vegetables, dairy and apples as well as grapes. I had a small airblast sprayer also which worked great for the trees, but less so with the...

In NY we have a Grape Berry moth model on the NEWA site. You base sprays on set growing degree days past when wild grapes bloom. Also since you had a lot of sour rot you may have a population of spotted wing drosophila. The females have a serrated ovipostitor and lay their eggs directly in the...

I agree that it certainly looks like potassium sorbate. As soon as I saw your picture I thought that without seeing NorCals pictures. Contact the seller and notify them of the mixup and they may send you the right stuff.