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Very nice! I’m glad we had a semi-normal winter so the bears didn’t come down for our grapes like they did last year. Hopefully you don’t have that problem! Good luck to you too!

No enzymes or tannin. We do run malolactic, but we’ve never had problems using 1 tablet/gallon in the past. We’re way under that now, so I’m hoping we had just enough to prevent spoilage and keep it fresh and the yeast we introduce tonight does the rest (thanks to advice on this forum). These...

Thanks! Glad to have a community of experts!

Agreed! It can get sketchy with an early frost, but it hardly takes any water, grows in poor soil, and does very well with the lengthening summers!

It’s worked very well for us. We’ve had a few people who weren’t fond of it, but otherwise universal love for that grape.

That’s great advice. We just bought a one-pound bag for the price of 20 tablets. Crazy I didn’t think of that before. Thanks for the advice!

Solid advice and coincides well with what I’ve been reading. Thanks!

Hi all, We have a 3-generation family farm in Reno and we raise 40 vines of Lemberger grapes in addition to a number of animals and most of our own vegetables. We’ve been making wine for 6 years and we’re getting better every year, but still have a lot to learn. We typically bottle 75-100...

Hey all! We crushed yesterday only to find that we didn’t have enough Campden tablets for the volume we crushed and the local shop was closed by the time we realized. We did have 10 tablets, so I added that to the must. For reference, we are growing Lemberger grapes, the pH was 3.0, and the...