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excellent job. won't be long though before you need more wine racks - LOL

Sorry - I was referring to nutrient addition. best advise then is to follow the recipe religiously if it's tried and true. good luck

patience is a virtue especially where wine is concerned. Don't expect your kit to taste like a great aged wine in a couple of months. If it even starts to taste palatable after a year of aging consider yourself lucky - just let it sit and age in the bottle - no need to put it back in the...

literature calls for between 0.4 and 0.8 gm/gal which equates to roughly 1/4 to 1/2 tsp based on 2.75 gal. assuming you split your initial 5.5 gal batch. you may have already overcooked you wine. If you already don't have it download FermCalc - do google search. it'll really help you with all...

went back and skimmed the entire thread. looks like K1V-1116 has alcohol tolerance of 18% so yeast isn't likely the problem. when and how many campden tablets did you put in the brew? what temp is your must? how much Reduless did you add? sometimes too much stuff added can mess things up -...

not sure how much volume you started with or what the brix/SG was but off hand 10.5# seems like a lot of sugar. you may have gotten the alcohol beyond the point where the yeast can handle it. also depends on what yeast you're using - some have lower ABV tolerance

Just gets more mature. nicer mouthfeel and smoother finish. no real perceptible change to tannins that are obvious but then I didn't overbake with oak

Couldn't agree more. our 2017 has finally come of age - patience really is a virtue

Ain't that the truth

Like loosing one of our kids - always one of the saddest days of our lives

I feel for you - our days are certainly numbered with our Molly girl who will be 14 in couple of weeks. Bottom of our driveway has balls of Golden hair after my wife takes them out to the "beauty parlor" to get brushed - figure the birds will be real happy t have all that nesting material

I'd just let the two most vigorous buds grow and remove any others except id (D) let one bud from below wire grow out in opposite direction giving it a start as second bilateral cordon. then next season you can decide what to keep as you go forward. thing is you'll always want to keep the...

here's my two cents assuming you are looking to get single trunk: A- cut to two buds or maybe three then cut out least vigorous growing shoots after about 12" long B- Pretty much same thing - cutting off at +pencil thickness and removing all lower buds C- Same treatment as B D- leave two buds...

Maggie (standing) and Molly - my Golden Oldie helpers

Move to Montana - hardly ever have to do anything except contend with voles

you can't put too much MLB into your must

Have always had success with VP41 on Marquette, Frontenac and Petite Pearl

Very sorry for your loss. We have couple of old Goldens as well on borrowed time

Fritz's Virtual Viticulture Academy has some free stuff including webinars that can also be very helpful

Marquette are very prolific growers and should have good growth every year. Petite Pearl not so much - takes a lot (at least that I've found here in Montana) to establish themselves.