syrah

I got a text from a vineyard in San Diego on Friday that some Syrah was ready to harvest the bext day. Went out yesterday and picked 320lbs. $.50/ lbs which is a great price! Couldn't rent a destemmer/Crusher so used the milk crate method to destem and crush. Fruti is awesome! Brix 25.4...

I just got done picking my grapes and they are fantastic! 25 brix with a PH of 3.4. The vineyard loves home wine makers. $.50 a pounnd and they are top quality. Call Chris at (619) 733-9020 to arange to get some if you want them. He is in the Ramona Area in San Diego.

Hours after my first filming () I was hit by a 60 mph windstorm. I will be cleaning up and digging holes for a week!

I made two wines last Fall from some CA Cabernet and Syrah grapes. I added some DAP and Fermaid to both musts at the outset, and again about 3 days into the fermentation. I kept the buckets in my cellar which was about 55F at the time. The fermentations of both wines were extremely robust, to...

Hi, I placed my order today for Chilean grapes from Musto juicegrape.com this spring. Three varietals - 6x 18lbs Lugs - Chilean Malbec 6x 18lbs Lugs - Chilean Petit Verdot 6x 18lbs Lugs - Chilean Syrah I'm ordering CSM, D254, and L2056 for yeast and plan to co-inoculate w/VP41 (I have some...