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An update.

#1 could not be more enthusiastic. He hand picked his cab and merlot and used their onsite destemmer. He sends me daily brix and temp updates and has read everything he can. He was worried that one ferment was going much faster than the other, so we added the second dose of Ferment K early, which helped get it going. I had way more grapes than planned this year so I convinced him to fill his extra carboy with some Zin From my vineyard. Little does he know that he will soon find the carboy count mysteriously growing.
#2 I discovered that he is a busy man and was wondering if he was going to find time for this project. I stopped suggesting plans and wanted to see if he could make the grapes happen. He did! He wasn’t able to get his grapes and run them through my destemmer, but he hand picked and hand destemmer about 50 pounds of grapes. I’m hoping it will yield 3 gallons. It is fermenting as we speak.
#3 His grapes peaked at 16 brix and we decided it was not worth the effort. I offered him young Zin wine he could nurture, but don’t think he is going to take me up on the offer.
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<blockquote data-quote="NorCal" data-source="post: 876161" data-attributes="member: 31014">An update.#1 could not be more enthusiastic.&nbsp;&nbsp; He hand picked his cab and merlot and used their onsite destemmer.&nbsp; He sends me daily brix and temp updates and has read everything he can.&nbsp; He was worried that one ferment was going much faster than the other, so we added the second dose of Ferment K early, which helped get it going.&nbsp; I had way more grapes than planned this year so I convinced him to fill his extra carboy with some Zin From my vineyard.&nbsp; Little does he know that he will soon find the carboy count mysteriously growing.#2 I discovered that he is a busy man and was wondering if he was going to find time for this project.&nbsp; I stopped suggesting plans and wanted to see if he could make the grapes happen.&nbsp; He did!&nbsp;&nbsp; He wasn’t able to get his grapes and run them through my destemmer, but he hand picked and hand destemmer about 50 pounds of grapes.&nbsp; I’m hoping it will yield 3 gallons.&nbsp; It is fermenting as we speak.#3 His grapes peaked at 16 brix and we decided it was not worth the effort.&nbsp; I offered him young Zin wine he could nurture, but don’t think he is going to take me up on the offer.[ATTACH=full]105824[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NorCal, post: 876161, member: 31014"] An update. #1 could not be more enthusiastic. He hand picked his cab and merlot and used their onsite destemmer. He sends me daily brix and temp updates and has read everything he can. He was worried that one ferment was going much faster than the other, so we added the second dose of Ferment K early, which helped get it going. I had way more grapes than planned this year so I convinced him to fill his extra carboy with some Zin From my vineyard. Little does he know that he will soon find the carboy count mysteriously growing. #2 I discovered that he is a busy man and was wondering if he was going to find time for this project. I stopped suggesting plans and wanted to see if he could make the grapes happen. He did! He wasn’t able to get his grapes and run them through my destemmer, but he hand picked and hand destemmer about 50 pounds of grapes. I’m hoping it will yield 3 gallons. It is fermenting as we speak. #3 His grapes peaked at 16 brix and we decided it was not worth the effort. I offered him young Zin wine he could nurture, but don’t think he is going to take me up on the offer. [ATTACH type="full"]105824[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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