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Thanks to all that put this contest on and the poor souls that had to judge all that wine. I hope the headaches are gone by now! This was my first contest and the results have encouraged me to keep going. Thanks again! Here is a pic of my two wines. Thanks again!

That's why I named the wine and vineyard, Lasterday. When my 9 yr old was younger he couldn't say yesterday. So I had to make it stick.

That's pretty high ph so yes I would think it would go down. You could just pull off a small sample like a glass or so cover and put in cold frig. Check it in a few days?

Cold stab will drop TA and might raise PH. Usually does for me. Then just rack off the crystals.

WE Barolo tonight. Made 4 kits at once in var cap tank, using spirals instead of oak beans that came with it. Then bulk aged for over a year. Came out of the tanks nice but over last year or so really one of my better wines! Cheers!

That's a lot at once. Curious about your setup?

Did we get a consensus on the chilling? Assume all will be chilled to same temp?

So you got the marinade! Excellent.

Took me two years to get it right on birds and raccoons. Best way to do the netting is to use zip ties. I drape the nets, then get under the vines and pull the two sides to together. Starting at the bottom I roll them up combining the two sides and then zip-tie it. I do this every few feet...

Finally got around to creating my label for the Lemon Wine. Friends love the lemon wine slushy I make with it.

Get your pocket knife out and scrape and cut into the wood near the top. See if you can find some green wood. If no green wood, move down 3-4 inches and try again. Keep doing this until you fine green wood or get to the bottom of the vine. No green wood, it's dead. If you find green wood...

Take some pictures and share them with us!

Try this guys. Down load the " vivino wine scanner " app. Next time you are out for dinner and ordering a wine, or in the store and looking for a good wine, snap the picture in the app, and it will find its ratings, price and other info. You can rate it as well. Then you will start getting...

It's been my experience in my vineyard that the wasp, bees, and flies show up after the grapes have been damaged by birds, raccoons, or over watering. If the grape is intact, no holes or nicks to let the juice flow, it won't attract the insects. What usually happens is birds come pecking when...

Round up, but make sure you have removed all suckers near the ground. You can actually spray the brown wood of the trunk with round up and not hurt the vine. I mean don't soak it. But if you hit anything green, shoots, suckers, etc., you can kill it. Also, never spray with lots of pressure or...

This is one of the best references for watering your vines. http://afghanag.ucdavis.edu/a_horticulture/fruits-trees/grapes/presentations-powerpoint/PPT_Grape_WATER_REQUIRE.ppt

Lots to consider when using used barrels. Like the smaller barrels age out the wine must faster due to much more surface area. Depending on size of barrel, time has a big multiplier. The smaller barrels are much thinner, so what's in it may oxidize faster, plus more evaporation (angels...

Yes i'm interested. Is it okay to leave regular label on it, or remove and put just info you requested at #39 post?

We picked, crushed and pressed about 250lbs of Blanc du Bois on 6 Aug 2016. About 13 gal worth of juice. Learned a lot this year like, its important to get the potassium metabisulfite into the juice quickly (so it doesn't turn brown). I did get the kmeta in the first 6 gal bucket of juice...

120 lbs of Black Spanish crushed and done with primary. Free run and pressed resulted in 7 gal. Got MLF going well (had to TA was 10.5 g/l. Next question, should I oak or not? French oak? Amount and duration for 6 gal carboy? Anyone out there making wine from this grape?