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[JohnW]

First of all we love wine and I'm looking to learn from others on how to improve my limited winemaking skills. One of the reasons I got into winemaking is we live in northern Virginia and have a large number of outstanding vineyards where we frequently go tasting. Also, I'm married into an Italian family and have two brother-in-laws who are really big into making wine. Lets just say that competition in this family is significant So far I have have stuck to kits with reasonable success but may branch out at some point.

 

[dralarms]

Welcome to winemakingtalk

 

[sour_grapes]

Welcome to WMT!

 

[jgmann67]

Welcome! Lots of good people and information here. Many of us started with kits and now do seasonal grapes and kits year round.

 

[JohnW]

Thanks to all for the warm welcome!

 

[robert81650]

Welcome and you can get a lot of good info here on this site.

 

[mainshipfred]

First of all we love wine and I'm looking to learn from others on how to improve my limited winemaking skills. One of the reasons I got into winemaking is we live in northern Virginia and have a large number of outstanding vineyards where we frequently go tasting. Also, I'm married into an Italian family and have two brother-in-laws who are really big into making wine. Lets just say that competition in this family is significant So far I have have stuck to kits with reasonable success but may branch out at some point.

Where in NOVA, there are a few of us in the area.

 

[JohnW]

Where in NOVA, there are a few of us in the area.

Sorry for the delayed response. Annandale. Too much wine drinking and holiday prep. How about yourself? Just a thought but has anybody ever thought about planning a NOVA group tasting at one of the local vineyards?

 

[mainshipfred]

Sorry for the delayed response. Annandale. Too much wine drinking and holiday prep. How about yourself? Just a thought but has anybody ever thought about planning a NOVA group tasting at one of the local vineyards?

I'm Centreville but make my wine in my shop in Chantilly. We also have anorher Chantilly and Burke covered. Im sure there are others.

 

[NorCal]

Welcome @JohnW . There’s nothing wrong with a little competition, especially when it’s blind!