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I use a freezer with temperature controller to cold stabilise my white wines. I ser the temp at 2 degrees C and leave it for a few weeks. A few d as ys ago I transferred 30 litres of chardonnay into the freezer but forgot to drop the temperature probe in. Consequently I now have a 30 litre...

Just sitting here enjoying my recently bottled Pinot noir and thought I'd post a photo of my vines

5504 + 12SP = 5516

My 2023 vintage, Chardonnay, Shiraz, Pinot noir, rose

Thanks for your advice. The soil around here is very fertile so I expect the root system will be pretty big. I will move them when they are dormant, just before spring, so i don't think I would need to move them with a ball of soil, just bare rooted. I have bought roses from the plant nursery...

Pinot noir grapes

I want to relocate 9 six year old vines because the block the view from my afternoon wine drinking spot. My neighbour wants to plant them. I plan to wait until they are dormant then dig/pull them out so how. Any advice would be appreciated. What is the likelihood the vines will survive?

Thanks for that info. I suspected it may have something to do with CO2. I tasted both wines before addition and noted the 'sparkle' in the larger container. Cheers

I'm making a batch of Rose. Primary fermentation was in late March. I have two carboys full, one 10 litre and one 23 litre. The wine in both containers have been treated identically. Today I added PMS to get 30 ppm so2. When I added to the 10L there was not reaction but when I added to the 23L...

Lookin' out my back door

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Welcome to the forum. I interested to see how you go. I'm also based in Melbourne (well.. Korumburra) and had a 100kg of Shiraz from Heathcote on order but had to cancel because delivery ended up clashing with a booked holiday. I still have my own Pinot noir & Chardonnay grapes so not at a loose...

Thanks for your comments. I have looked more closely and agree it's not disease, the smaller berries are just over ripe. I sampled as BigH suggested Large berries Brix 20 Small berries Brix 26.5 I'm going away for 3 weeks (bad timing) so decided to harvest half of the grapes now to make Rose...

My grapes are a few weeks from harvest but many of the berries are staring to shrivel/dehydrate. I have had fruit set issues this season due to the weather and hence have bunches with a mixture of large and small berries. The small berries seem to be more affected than the larger berries but...

Good article, I'm going to add tartaric acid to correct pH and worry about the TA later

Thanks, I have about 170 litres so I could try to chill it in smaller batches. This is my own crop with Brix about 25. It's been a very mild summer so I was surprised to get such high sugar, last year it was about 22

I have just crushed my Pinot Noir grapes and the must pH is 3.9 and TA is 0.97 These are both higher than I would like. I could add tartaric acid to reduce the pH but I believe that would push the TA even higher. I would welcome any recommendations on how I should proceed.

I started to retire about 5 years ago by cutting back to 3 days per week, I'm 67 now. Initially all time was in the office but after about year or so I built a house in the country on a a few acres and started working mostly from home, only going into the office for a day once every couple of...

Ten Rows - because that's how many I have!