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Nooo..... When you crush grapes you use everything that came with them. Unless you are making white or Rose.

Nice! Just your bin is a little fuller then I like. Too hard to punch down an control when it is that high... Two smaller ones maybe next time. Could even then use two different yeast then mix at press....

Wow! Cab already? I do not believe mine will be picked for a couple weeks yet. 13% not a bad Cab but could always balance out to your likings before fermenting.

Not really... Just got a bland off taste as they got old. Even did a cleaning on them.

Yes.... Shipped to MI but I will tell you they land at almost $6 a lbs. Ya I am crazy. But love drinking great wine. The taste is unbelievable.

I noticed this in many different types of barrels after they got over 3 years old. All were smaller from 6 to 15 gal. Always did cubes or stave infusion but nothing like the clean taste of a newer barrel.

There is a group of us that purchase through a winery. The cost is more then you want to know.... Probably if you took the ugliest number per pound it would still have to be doubled to be close to right. But for me that is the type of wine I enjoy making and drinking. And really that is really...

Looks like Napa Cab again this year! My 2016 harvest is still in barrels but tasting great!

We can compare the process of micro oxidation from flex tanks to barrels. But that is only part of the equation. I do not believe you can achieve in today's technology the duplication of a good oak barrel with cubes or sticks..... I use both all the time.... They are different.

Maybe because I am very particular on the taste of my expensive wine. But I actually find that when a barrel get's too old even oak spirals or cubes cannot stop the off taste of an old barrel taste getting into the wine..... Time to retire!

Really takes months not weeks.... But it really depends what taste you are looking for. A few months of a spiral will really not make or break.

I have used many barrels over the years.... No substitute for the great taste of an American Oak! Vadai has a great price point but not near American Oak. I have come to enjoy American Oak over French much better....

These are the calculations I have been using for years and come very close every year. Yeast and nutrients of course are still per directions. I do use 1 gram of yeast per gallon of must though. Total amount of fresh grapes times 10% equals volume of must 500lbs of grapes equals 50 gallons of...

I must disagree with these calculations. Been making wine from grapes for years and these are wrong.

You can.... I do it in carboys so it gives me a better chance to observe and then perform another clean rack in 8 weeks. Then to the barrels.

Can anyone tell me the date of Cab Bud and Bloom in Napa an Sonoma happened his year? It would really help with projected harvest dates.

Only 133 bottles from 6 carboys? Seem to average around 25 per carboy... Not 22

Add 50ppm to them.

If you were trying increase so2 by 37