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So Al are these coming UPS/FEDEX or Freight? If they are the smaller 50 gallon ones, they should be shippable by a wider host of carriers. The 50's look interesting to me because they come as a variable capacity tank.


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Yes, But Rich probably has more personality than me! :)

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You have to be kidding me! I've got the personality of a dead squid!
 
yes they will arrive via UPS....John said they were giving him the best rate...the larger ones are too big for UPS, so he is designing an 80 gallon unit which will fit UPS guidelines and that should get into production soon.


I should have the units late next week or early the week after...oneadditional thing i like is that they fit my current wine cellar
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my grapes are getting sweeter despite 8 inches of rain since sat nite/sun morning...acid is dropping even the frontenacs are getting nice and dark (still some acid in them)..i am gonna try and let things hang another couple ofweeks despite seeing a few of the older grapes begin to raisin


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Excellent! The 80 gallon one would be sweet also. I hope they are priced well. I wish they would make them closer to home- maybe they will to accomodate The Finger Lakes/Niagara/Long Island. Heck even Montreal would be great for getting them from. I know a guy who brings things across his farm under his Kilt- it just so happens to straddle the border.


You guys got a lot more rain than we did here. We got a half inch yesterday with the front moving through- Frost in the mountains tonight!
 
holy cow! frost??? wow your gonna have to get a pickin!


apparently they are gonna move some production to Wash state and start storing at more places such as NY state


the price was *right*...when and if you are ready to purchase from them pm me first!


tell tell the kilt guy that straddling for that long can make a man blue! :)
 
Don't worry, the frost is in the mountains. We stay about 15 degrees warmer here. It will warm right back up again. I got the numbers today from Willsboro and they are looking good. I will try to remember to send you a copy when I get them in the excel spreadsheet tomorrow. I think the biggest surprise today was the Frontenacs. brix is only in the very low 20's, but the pH is coming up very nicely- like about 3.35.
 
sounds great......hopefully we can do our crush all tomorrow and then i got mum deliveries from friday thru all next week....then things ease up assuming everyone pays their bills in a timely fashion


how high do you hope to get the brix on the frontenacs?
 
Al Fulchino said:
sounds great......hopefully we can do our crush all tomorrow and then i got mum deliveries from friday thru all next week....then things ease up assuming everyone pays their bills in a timely fashion


how high do you hope to get the brix on the frontenacs?

Pictures...Pictures....Us wants pictures!!!!!
 
i will most likely take some/many since i also am big on pictures :)..meanwhile here is a picyure of my cousin's son holding a bottle of one of our wines at this past sunday's family reunion






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That should help replenish the cellars!
Nice numbers on the brix. How does the pH run?
You guys must have a de-stemmer/crusher and press or do you rent?
You guys must be a bit pooped by tonight.
 
yep ..a bit tired...my friend is a nice gent of italian descentwhose daughter and son in law happened on the vineyard one day this summer and they brought him by...he loves growing vines and is reasonably new at winemaking..he is 70 years old but doesnt look it or work like it..he was a HUGE help


i dont have a ph number because i didnt get the meter


and after the family reunion last sunday we need more replenishing


yep we do use a crusher destemmer...bought it last year....what a time saver
 
That is one heck of a work area you have there with all the brickwork. You have been holding out there! Those lugs stacked up there are an impressive shot, but the grapes would look even better if I could see them! I just love nice looking clusters of grapes. I just had to bring one home yesterday. It is a bunch of Noiret grapes. They have the most handsome clusters in my opinion. When well formed they are long and slender with a nice small shoulder. The berries are medium in size and nicely packed in the cluster, just right, not too compact. They are a nice deep black with just a hind of a dusting on them. This bunch I brought home was well over a pound. Even though not totally ripe, I just need to take a picture of it to have a goal for mine next year. I do have some bunches of them this year, but figure the turkeys and deer will find them soon.


If you have some more pictures when you are rested up, give us a look.
 
hey Wade...actually i would have to get Molinara and Rhondinella (sp?) as well and no i did not...i didnt make any amarone today...i did two years ago and i am down to 8 bottles..i gotta make somemore soon so i keep it on the list


Hi Rich..do get us a picture...those grapes sound great!Edited by: Al Fulchino
 
I see you went all out and hired a professional California Hand Model specializing in Grapes! Looks like it must be a zin? They surely do look ripe! Edited by: appleman
 

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