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Dear Mr. Midwest Vintner Hahaha! Nobody is mad at you for not sharing. Stuff like this becomes fun. It's a challenge! I'm one of those "anything you can do, I can do better," kind of girls! You should have posted your recipe and left out a major step or ingredient, like your Aunti...

Let her have what she wants! I agree with deboard. If I ever get that old, and have a request, I hope my kids will honor it. She lived long! Let her enjoy her wine before she can't even remember what she made. JD's mom is 96, and she is so fiesty! She does crosswords, cheers for the...

Oooooohh!! We love a secret! This mustard is made with grape must, so only the growers here can make this one: I was looking to duplicate a french mustard, but NOT grey poupon. I have grape vines, and in my quest to find a Sicilian recipe for "Moo-stard-a" (more like Mustarda) which is a...

Religious Persecution I have it all planned. Should the day come, they try to make me rip my vines out, I'll go to the local newspaper and my drinking congressman, and claim HOA guilty of religious persecution!! Hopefully that day will NOT come. We must be prepared for these...

I liked the site too. They are selling stuff, but at least they have some good fun info! Thanks arcticsid! Here is some trivia they don't have. I researched this so I can protest "religious reasons," if ever the Homeowner's association makes me pull out my vines: Biblical Reasons for...

It would be fun if a bunch of us tweaked that pecan recipe in a few ways, posted our recipes, and then shared our addresses (privately of course), so that we can ship small bottles of our pecan wine to each other. I'm going to start saving small screw top glass bottles for that purpose. We can...

I'm not sure what boiling does. I just followed the almond recipe's instructions blindly without questioning. Maybe you should make this pecan wine without boiling the raisins, and we can have a taste test after a year. How about that? Suzi

Not sure how to get the soil tested. I guess I could call our Riverside County Ag boys and find out. There is a product on the market called Shade Cover. You spray it on, and it protects from freeze and heat transpiration. I use it on our citrus in winter to protect from freeze. It does get...

Thanks Al! In the desert of southern California, I am the only grower of wine grapes that I know of. There are huge growers of table grapes here. They supply Costco and places like that. These people probably know something I refuse to believe! But, I'm going with the Spanish, Greek...

Our vines are dormant at the moment. Just wondering, since this is my first year, do you fertilize at bud break? Do you turn the drip system on partially or full at bud break? Thanks! Suzi

:-) It's my first attempt at this recipe. It has a lot of citrus flavor, and if I did it again, I might use acid blend instead of actual orange/lemon so the pecan would predominate. The boiling raisins and pecans smelled very toasty and nice even before I added the citrus. I pitched the...

I was the same as you. Wanting to make Pecan Wine but only finding almond wine recipes. From what I've read any oil on the top will be siphoned off at subsequent rackings. I read on Jack Keller's site about some winery in Texas that makes a Mocha Pecan wine that is killer!! We should all put...

Gin tastes like Gasoline Why would you add Gin to those nice Olives? Well I am from California, and a true martini is Vodka and Olives with a spray of Vermouth.

runningwolf, look at the moon. It is your friend. And use your imagination! JD would slash my throat if I posted a pic in that leather thingy!

I say Courvoisier VS and cigars. Wine has no place with a fine cigar. And ladies, do NOT wear something you can't wash in the presence of cigars. Cost me $200.00 to get the cigar smell out of my cute leather outfit.

There are olive trees on the courses that we golf. We pick them. We brine them. 2 or 9 baths in the brine, and when they taste fine, we add herbs to the brine... fresh lemon and orange slices, rosemary, garlic, and so on. We brine the herbs for a while, then we rinse, and jar with some nice...

Maybe you can find something here: http://www.vines.org/servlet/VinesStart Good luck!

Oooops! I just realized that link DOES give me the schedule I want! Verasion is different in diferent climates. Harvest is different. Bud break is different. WOW! You da man!! Thank you!! Suzi aka Jillian

Pests and Scheduling Thanks Racer! I'm very familiar with UC Davis, mainly for ordering from them for dormant grapevine cuttings, and other fruit trees. I did not have that link. Thanks! I bookmarked it! I think my biggest wish is to know a schedule for Pest Control, Fertilization...

How to crush Pecans or Almonds or any NUT~ I found that the flat side of a meat mallet works just fine! I should start a thread for Pecan wine because I did modify the Almond for the Pecan. Probably for the only reason that someone here has a "secret" recipe for his pecan wine, and I don't...