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Wow, that is early. What are your final numbers?

Agreed. I use them, and have 6 years so far without issues.

Oh, Greg, that is sad. Worse a lot to clean up.

Bottled the 2015 Syrah last week. Finally made a label. I put tennis balls on top of the line posts to protect the nets. This quil thought that was a good perch.

Couple more pics.

Started netting today. Tempranillo, merlot and Malbec have all started verasion. I cut out two more Tempranillo vines. I don't know what they have, I suspect leafroll although they came from a certified vineyard. Anyway, nine in a row had it, so they are gone. I dropped some clusters on the...

Welcome. Glad so far they have been good. The lessons will come.

I'm in the have a glass of wine camp, usually with the friends that came to pick and crush. Of course that is after scrubbing everything including the crush pad. I tried not adding meta last year and didn't have any weird issues.

Looking good stressbaby. I'd pinch them all off again next year. I've read those that say you can leave grapes on any that lignify, but I've also read those that say it stunts the vine in the long run. So, in the end I just waited till the third leaf as the old Jewish law says. Worked for me but...

A bit of Viognier with Cab is nice:b

And it should. That is why open cockpit pilots have bugs in their teeth!

Go with taste. When you like the level of oak, pull it. I find the oak fades a bit over a year, so I'm comfortable pulling it off/out just when I like it.

Isn't that just the fun of all this. I hope you love whatever you choose.

Really quiet. Tucked shoots and pulled suckers the last couple of weeks. It has been hot, ~95-100, and smokey. No sign of verasion and the reds mostly are still the size of small peas. I'll water again this week. Our friends in BC have it bad, but the smoke arrived this week. Believe it or...

Really nice John. Do you plan on blending the chard, or bottleing separately?

From the "Apple Capital of the Word", that's what the sign says when you enter town, that is what I find. We have lots of cold pressed cider at the farm stands, non-alcoholic. Lots of juice as well. I suspect "cider" is a marketing thing. Not regulated that I know of. Of course we also have 5...

Go ahead, if it grows you are good. If not, likely the shop killed it before you.

I only make dry cider, but I'll try. If you back sweeten you need to do something to stop refermentation in the bottle. I backsweeten to ferment and gate carbonation. So sorbate, sterile filtration, or pasteurize are the options I know of. Haven't done any, but I'd worry about what the heat of...

I used my triple beam balance yesterday to adjust meta. Yes, lots of good cheap digital out there and I confess to using one during harvest. Maybe it is nostalgia, or knowledge that it was made to do a quality job in the days before everything could be pressed on a microchip. Or just maybe...

When we bought the tractor, my wife and I agreed. Loan equipment, no. Help if I can with it, if I can and the "borrower" reciprocates, yes! My excuse, I know how to use it and it would just be easier. Folks I know do the same. Ther's a lot of ha rd earned money in good equipment, plus if...