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Very Good Info! I loved this and have saved it to my computer for reference. The scheduling doesn't work for me because I'm in the South West and our timing is much different than midwest, but there was really good information on the sprays, what they are for, and how to mix them. Thank...

Yes. Even more! The crazy nuts diminish the effect of the real ones! Sorry! Here is what I just found! This is the beginning of a HUGE secret! Shhhhhh "Pecans were toasted at 300F for 10 minutes in a single layer, then poured into a paper bag to sit out overnight, hopefully getting...

Troy, I have never made my own amaretto, but I have made brandy. I am not starting with the almond wine. I'm going for gold! Pecan! Almond will be next! I just found this on a pecan mead recipe thread: "If you pre-soak the nuts, the oils will rise to the surface and you can skim them off...

Sorry for all you snow bound folks out there! Today we golf! Tee time in 2 hours. My Hot Valentine wine is fermenting on day one, and it's doing well. You can "hear" the ferment when you walk by. Going to start that Almond (but with Pecans) wine this week. I need to find a sale on brown...

In my search for a recipe for the "illusive" secret recipe for Pecan Wine, I found this on the web last night. I have one of those big bags of Pecans in the freezer from Costco left from Christmas cookies, so I think I'll substitute pecans for almonds, oranges for lemons, and brown sugar for...

Some of the best commercial wines are those that are blended to be fabulous! Cain Five, the many meritages, conundrums, and Red wines come to mind. When you make it from scratch, and you blend it yourself, and it can't be purchased, the only people on this earth who can even taste it are you...

Vines that Struggle to Survive As you say, vines that like to struggle will do fine. I look at it like this. The BEST coffee beans are grown in conditions that are harsh. From what I've read, and I have studied this a lot, is the best wines are made from vines that are stressed. The vine...

We have Alicante Bouchette on order because it is a grape that loves heat, and we have that for sure! Whether or not Alicante is the varietal you have doesn't really matter. It's the romance of the story of your grandfather, his boot, the smuggling, and the years of vines and winemaking that...

Here is a link to a blog of someone's actual container vineyard harvest. http://www.washingtonwinemaker.com/blog/2007/10/15/bonsai-vineyard-harvest-complete/ Granted, the harvest is not as great as in ground, but when you have a lack of space, and a desire for a full vineyard, you do what...

Container Grown Grapes From what I've read, they can stay in containers for years as long as you re-pot and freshen the growth medium. I plan on using "root pruning" pots. Google that and you may be surprised. Hopefully I earned the right to post a picture. I've now posted 12 times...

Burning Desire HOT Valentine Wine I finally decided on the base for my "red" pepper Valentines Wine, and here is the recipe. I just started it, and it's in the primary waiting for yeast. I chose the juices because of their pretty pinky reddish Valentines color. BURNING DESIRE HOT VALENTINE...

K-Meta Defined Sometimes we toss abbreviations around like everyone understands. :slp Newbies often are confused because you can not purchase K-meta. You CAN purchase Potassium Metabisulphite! It's a long word, and tough to spell, but Kmeta is the abbreviation for Potassium (K)...

Jalapeno Wine I have been making jalapeno wine for over a year. It's our "signature" wine. We call in "Burning Desire," "Smokin' Jalapeno." We have 2 very large jalapeno plants that are always full, and we love the wine, so we always have some fermenting. I use 2 cups per gallon batch, and...

I loved that article, and I copied it into a word file in my winemaking folder. I also bookmarked it. Thanks so much! Suzi

Bonsai Grape Vines Hammered!! Very nice to see you here. I just told gregmg about this site. How old is the vine you Bonsai'd? I hope you post pictures of your Bonsai Pinot Noir! How very cool!! Good luck with it! Suzi

Passion Fruit Wine I tried Welches Passion Fruit Concentrate, and added some White grape / peach concentrate, several banananas and some spices. It was delicious! You actually get more of the banana on the nose. This wine has legs too!! The color is a little orangy, and sort of off putting...

Back at you, arcticsid! I'm very new at making wine. Started last spring. Began with apple juice wine, went to one of those places where you pick your own cherries (turned out awsome. kicked it up with lavendar), tried the blackberry jam wine, did the wine from concentrate thing, and planted...

Thanks for posting the link, articsid! As far as why everyone uses oak I only have an opinion. Oak is a very hard wood, and I imagine very plentiful in France, and it was probably used to age the wine for centuries. Oak trees are big, so easy to cut into wood to make barrels. It does add...

I have wondered this same thing, but about toasting the pruned vines from our vineyard. We have used them on the BBQ as wood chips and they make great smoke. Why not toast them and use them as staves? So I did a little research. I'd love to serve some of our own wine, enhanced and aged with...

Desperate People do Desperate things! Our little vineyard is hidden from the prying eyes of the dreaded homeowners association, and we need more vines to get enough grapes to make our wine. They could make me rip out my vineyard because vines are not on the approved list, so I went to a lot of...