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If you are going to do a second wine, you need to greatly lower your expectations. It will be flat, and very thin on flavor. I used to do this in my early days. In the end, I found it not worth tying up car boy on a second wine when I could get more grapes and make more of the good stuff...

One thing I did learn in France is they put WAY more importance on where the grapes are grown rather than how the wine is made. A US winery will tell you the variety of grape, and in what and how long it was aged. A French winery will tell you the variety of grape and the type of soil it was...

I travel back up for the crush.

Well, crush is over.and done with and I'm about to do my first racking. This year we made ... 80/20 cabernet Old vine zinfandel Pilot noir Cab franc. Went so well! We split the work force in half, one half soting the new grapes and one half bottling 50 cases of the 2022. We all went out to...

Breathe deep, the gathering gloom! Classic!

Great to see that you are still around SG.

Yep. I'm thinking that i need to go back to work.... i need the rest. lol NAHHHH! i think i'll just pack a cooler of beer and go fishing.....

Hello folks, I know it has been a while since my last post, but I have some time now. Been doing the retired thing in an area where new wineries are opening every year! Got to know many of the owners and have been spending a lot of time talking wine. On top of the 30 or 40 wineries in our...

I have built a frame that allows my crusher/destemmer to sit right over my primary fermenter. For 225 pounds, you are only taking about 6+ trips. In other words... bring the crusher to the primary.

Happy new year to all my winemaking friends!

Let's see, Crushed 4 varieties the year... for are main wines (bulk) we did an 80/20 cabernet merlot and a San Giovesse. We also did a limited amount of Touriga and a small 100 liter run of Nero D'avolo (first time making that variety). I have put all of them through MLF and they are now...

So sorry to hear about the crusher/destemmer. Hopefully, you got your money's worth out of it.

I wo I ld still consider any reasonable offer.

Update: the 500l tanks are still available I also have two 300l ssvc tanks also

No, they are single walled stainless.

For sale... two 500 liter variable capacity stainless steel tanks. Tanks are used but well maintained. Come complete with stands, lids, and air pumps. Asking $500 per tank. Located in the nj area. Pick up only.

Dang! Was anyone hurt???

Tip on cleaning ss tanks.. Get a two wheeled hand truck. Move tank outside and tilt on its side. The hand truck will serve to cradle the tank. Let the sludge pour out. I then use a cheap electric pressure washer to blast the inside clean. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy!

We use them to age for at least 12 months. We just draw a sample every 3 weeks or less.