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richmke

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I found a vinyard in Southeast Wisconsin within a hours drive, and they offer free crushing/desteming, and pressing. The Red's they offer are:

Foch, Millot, Frontenac, Marquette, St Croix

From what they say, the Foch and Millot are good blended together, Frontenac for port, the Marquette has a distinctive taste you may or may not like, and nothing on St. Croix.

Are any of them worth trying as my first try at making wine from grapes, or should I get in on an order of grapes from California?
 
Last year I made a foch straight. I should have put it through MLF, but didn't. Most of the varietals will turn out better going through MLF, with Frontenac a must.

You can also try blending marquette with a variety of the grapes listed to created something more suitable.
 
I personally don't care for Marechal Foch. I think Leon Millot makes a better tasting wine if the grapes are allowed to fully ripen. Try to get them around 26 brix. Marquette can make a very nice wine. St Croix has a fairly pronounced foxiness (Welch's) to it and Frontenac is a very in your face wine screaming of acid. It sometimes is too acidic to start mlf and needs adjusting some to be able to do it.
 
There are several vineyards in the area that do this. Mitchells in Oregan has a nice selection and is very resonable. I joined a small club out of Sun Prairie and some members in the area have small vineyards and let the members come pick. I did this last year. Picked some whites and blended St.pepin, Lacrosse, and frontenac Gris. Turned out really nice
I also dont care for Foch. The others do make a nice wine. GrapeMan is right on about the acidin Frontenac.
 

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