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...lly from Crete, arriving in this part of Italy many centuries ago, and it is also one of the oldest known grapes. Up until 30-50 years ago it was only vinified in sweet and demi-sec style, but Donati ...
...nce then I made elderberry, blackberry, current, another batch of raspberry, and sour cherry. Since wine grapes are not very prominent in my area I was thinking about trying to make some concord wine...
...ortified wine, perhaps made in a manner similar to the way a Port is made but using some variety of white grapes. I suppose that, like Burgundy, etc., there is no prohibition against using the word To...
... the wall" but I am researching if it is possible to essentially prevent fermentation in freshly squeezed grapes; just the opposite of what is desired in making wine. I realize that in the time it tak...
...king", and was also interested in Jon Iverson's "Home Winemaking Step-by-Step: A Guide to Fermenting Wine Grapes". I mostly make grape wines, and I will probably only buy one of these books right now....
...ng terms are often used to describe odor fruité with the odor of different fruits, not merely grapes. floral with the odor of flowers framboisé suggesting raspberries fin ...
We have decided to grow our own red grapes for merlot or other red wines. My question- We live in Maine. I have called two online vendors of vines, but the vines they sell are from California. Now ob
I have just stripped an abundant crop of small grapes from a vine in the garden. It is not convenient to convert these into wine (lack of facilities etc), and to eat them is not really practical as th
...way over 300 bottles of Prickly Pear, Peach, Pineapple and Tea wines?. I have been making wine from fresh grapes and fruits for many years with very satisfactory results but this is the first time I h...
...e in stainless steel drums, is this good? Some wiseguy mentioned that all Carlo Rossi's are not made with grapes, this sounds fishy to me. Thanks again for the help,...
okay---i mashed the grapes, checked the sg and it was 1.060. added the mutrient and the yeast, covered it, stirred it every day for a week and kept it lightly covered at a temp of about 70. today I
...int to get rid of CO2. I can't find the paperwork now. I'm now making my first batch of wine from my own grapes and the primary ferm went fine and I've racked to secondary and topped off and locked. ...
i have 6gals. of cab. from grapes. after 1st rack i have an egg smell. is the wine bad or is there a way to save it.
...u Vineyards Los Carneros Pinot Noir - this was made as an experimental wine in very small quantities from grapes grown in the region that was later, but not yet in 1976, to become the finest microclim...
... archives and still need to pose this question. I have a film on the top of my 2002 Pinot/Merlot (from grapes) which, after discussion with other vintners in my group, we feel may not be mycoderma...
We have some late-harvest Merlot grapes fermenting now that will be made into port. We want to make a few bottles (lets say 1 gallon) into a cherry chocolate port. Whats the best way to add these flav
i got 4 bearls of carloes grapes wine working an it stop working off befor the hules drop an it tast very sweet i add some yeast feed to start it working more an the hules have started going down a
Hi again...I'm wondering if with a gallon of grape juice used to top off a 6-gal batch of wine, if I warm up the 2ndary if ferm might kick in again to turn that grape juice portion into wine. Or if I'
This is my first go at wine making with about 40# of home vine green grapes. They're sweet; about 22 brix. I got about 3 gallons of juice after crushing and pressing by hand. The juice is very not c
...e plants have lost their leaves and will they survive the winter? These are primarily Niagara and Concord grapes in Northeast Ohio. Any help would be most appreciated...Those of you with well-drainin...
richard e white wrote "Well I am new here and only dropped by for tips on planting red seed less grapes as I suddenly have two in the little pots that they will grow through. but I live in the Santee,
...ing fruit to a wine kit would be an interesting thing to do. I think the specific suggestions were dried grapes, cherries, etc. However I lost that recipe. Is this really a good idea, or just a fig...
One of my winegrower that we sold grapes from last year is offering to press and pail juice for this next season. I have asked them several times now how they will without retaining the skins hold any
I'm afraid that a couple of varieties of grapes in my home vineyard will ripen soon and because I will be away for a week do not have time to start the primary fermentation until after I return. Is it
PLEASE HELP!!!! My Portoguese boyfiend showed up today with 120# of fresh siraz grapes to make wine! I have no clue what to do!!! I have a Victorio Strainer that can be used to separate the juice
... into oak as early as possible, increasingly before malolactic fermentation has even started, even though grapes are deliberately picked much, much later than they were. In many ways this new precoc...
...is!! Bin NO. 27 Fine Reserve 2002 Dierbergs $17 * Very good. The Warre`s is better. Graham`s Six Grapes 2001.12 Wine Merchant $11 / 375 ml (equiv = $22 for 750 ml bottle) Very good. But n...
I am having trouble-selling wine grapes from the vineyard. It is a small vineyard witch produces high quality wine grapes. Wines produced by wine makers from the vineyard have received numerous metals
...rozen must from Peter Brehm. At this point I have 3 successful wine kits and one batch of wine from fresh grapes under my belt. While I think the wine kit results have been excellent, my fresh grape w...
...want to make wine, probably a peach(80%) apple(20%) blend. I currently make wine from Eastern Washington grapes and do not use kits. Most on line "recipes" are a teaspoon of this or a few tablets of ...
I made some wine from grapes last year (Zin) and fresh juice (San Giovese). We tested them and both were low in acidity, so we added tartaric as per instructions. The wine is clearing nicely, and at
...trailer to us here in Florida. The only 42lb lugs the growers will do are Alicante, Thompson & Muscat grapes. We can also have pressed juice from $42.00 - 53.00 per 5.3gal pails. This if we ride ...
...t, nutrients, enzymes, but can't decide if i'm gonna made the malo fermentation or not. I use California grapes wich are low in acid and high in pH. I have two options : 1) Adding mainly tartaric a...
... vines I need to plant. I live in Lufkin TX in the eastern part of Texas. I have 5 grape vines of table grapes and they do wonderfully so I know my piece of heaven will grow grapes. I just dont want...
How many pounds of grapes does a "vinyard sized" muscadine vine produce? And, what is the size of this "vinyard sized" vine?
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