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Petite syrah was coming along nicely until this mornng I went to the basement to punch down an had left the towel covering the vat off overnight. A dozen or so fruit flies, hopefully not ruined.

Siphoned off the sangio and the zin free run today, both smell great at this point, haven't taken any ph or other numbers yet. Combined skins and pitched 2 buckets of zin on those skins. Also picked up 6 lugs of petite syrah and crushed those today. Fruit looked very good. Going to pickup...

Sounds like you are trying to create cold fusion with wine. An early drinking PS might not be possible. I've never come across a PS I didn't like though, the more tannin and gripiness the better, but to each his own. Your approach sounds good. Those skins are going to have a lot of goodness...

Pitched yeast yesterday and woke to the smell of fermentation underway. Didn't realize how much I have missed that the past 18 months. Just realized I forgot mlb.

Ended up with 6 lugs each of Zin and Sangiovese from Procacci Bros. Lenny was Lenny today, complained about all the cost increases. Place was slower than years past. Sangiovese quality was very good. Zin had some very small green fruit here and there , but both tasted very good...

Yah, prices are up. But it's 10minutes from my house. Saw the grapes today, quality looks pretty good. We were lucky by 4 blocks or so and had no flooding here. Higher ground here at 22nd st & Bainbridge.

I'll probably hit up Gino's for one batch of premium grapes, but going to go with Procaci for 12-15 lugs this saturday. Stopped by wednesday morning only juices were in. Grapes were coming in yesterday, today and tomorrow. No premium grape list this year, when I asked I was told all the...

Thanks, what local store is that?

All is good. Hope the same there. I hear you on the fancy chit, will get more fancy chit myself this year. Will scale up and down, planning on 20-30 gl of all grape and similar in juice buckets this year. The past two years I did not stay ahead of consumption.

Yah, I've been aware of most of that, I've read that quality is up this year yield is less than last year and shipping is through the roof. So was expecting prices to be higher good to hear maybe not as much as feared. Just was concerned currently with covid spiking again would it affect...

Not crazy about my last batch, from spring 2020, zin juice buckets and grapes. 2 buckets with 6 lugs. Too light. I've done some in the past that were better than this. But in the future will ferment buckets and grapes separately.

Anyone with any inside information on grapes this fall in the Philadelphia region? Don't see any price lists posted yet. I called Gino Pinto's last week, they had no prices yet and no arrival date. But they said they would have grapes. Keystone only has Italian juice buckets posted in the...

Keystone's website is showing no Chilean grapes only juice. It's looking like a juice bucket spring.

My bet is you have more of a histamine issue than a sulfite issue. Do you make whites or reds or both? Experience it in both...

Speaking from PA but grew up in New Jersey myself, lived all over south jersey for many years. Can't go wrong with either GP or Procacci. But if you are looking for a wine a year out, might want to try white juice buckets. Voignier, Sauv Blanc or even chardonnay. Red juice buckets with or...

Thank you Craig, that is a brilliant idea!!!

I've always wanted to make Dragon's Blood wine, one of these days. where to you get huckleberries?

Likewise Fred. Yes Lori and I tied the knot a few weeks back. Good to hear those 2018 wines are coming along. Time to build my inventory again.

Yes it did, we drank most of my supply the past year. Inventory is very low. One year into a home improvement contracting career, patios, roof decks, horizontal fencing, lumber shortages, bathroom remodels, etc etc etc. Let me know when your going to Procacci and I'll do my best to be there.

Big hello to everyone, hope all are doing well during covid. So far been able to bob and weave and avoid the virus here. Haven't been here much and just realized my email address with WMT was ancient. Thought I had resolved this awhile ago but apparently not. But here we are at another...