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user's latest post:
Pruning 1 Year Vines
Published (2009-11-25 22:30:00)
QUOTE (fishalaska @ Nov 25 2009, 07:58 PM) What should the internode distance be Greg? I was just looking at the Merlot yesterday and the internodes are about 1". Is that normal? They are short on the Merlot but longer on the other varieties. Rule of thumb is the width of your fist. About 4", at least for VSP.
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Low Pressure Vacuum Racking...
Published (2009-11-26 20:48:00)
QUOTE (Peter Lynch @ Nov 26 2009, 10:38 AM) Looking at some of the other ebay aspirators for sale I noticed more then a few of them stated that they were restricted sale items. That is you might have to be a physician or licensed dealer to purchase it. Did you have any of these issues with your purchase? no issues with purchasing. they all seem to have to display the legalese, i am assuming for liability reasons as if i...
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Shopping For A Bottle Filler
Published (2009-11-26 09:39:00)
I bought my enolmatic used for $150.00. I thoroughly cleaned it and replaced a few o rings in the nozzle. ($2.50). I have only used it once for 22 bottles of soon to be sparkling muscat. I loved it. I hooked up my little spring loaded bottle filling wand to an argon bottle and purged the air out of the bottles and then filled with the enolmatic. Obviously I have no way to measure but I feel the combination of purging and...
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Pruning 1 Year Vines
Published (2009-11-26 12:01:00)
8' vine spacing is fine. 3.5-3.75' cordons are easy to achieve. Leave only about 6" between opposite cordons. Too close and it becomes crowded. Too far apart and you are giving up fruiting space. Your idea of a Scott Henry or even a Smart Dyson could work to soak up some vigor. Both will present their own issues WRT to disease, light and air management. I am not a big fan of either for that reason but they are very popular....
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So2 Depletion
Published (2009-11-26 22:26:00)
I can't speak for others but I adjust my SO2 constantly after MLF then check free SO2 about every 4 to 6 months using A/O. I adjust to the minimum required as needed and keep an accurate account of how much sulfite has been added over the course of aging. I try to follow the standard and keep my total SO2 additions to less than 150ppm over the 3 years I age the vintage. Due to micro oxygenation and the size of the barrel used the SO2...
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Low Pressure Vacuum Racking...
Published (2009-11-26 12:03:00)
QUOTE (rawlus @ Nov 26 2009, 10:02 AM) that.s great to hear! is your aspirator a gomco as well? or perhaps a shuco? i am excited to give me buonvino semiautomatic bottle filler a second shot, i did not truly like it as a gravity-feed filler. i thought it was clumsy and slow. ive been using a vinbrite gravity filter on the few wines i filter but eventually will try using the aspirator in combo with a cartridge setup......
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Any Use For Diamonds?
Published (2009-11-25 07:38:00)
QUOTE (Hammered @ Nov 24 2009, 11:09 PM) Dry the potassium bitartrate crystals, crush them to a powder and dump them down the drain... I'm with you. --------------------
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Low Pressure Vacuum Racking...
Published (2009-11-25 08:59:00)
QUOTE (Hammered @ Nov 24 2009, 05:25 PM) I've only recently added the overflow jar. Before I just used a long hose and had the remote switch in hand so if any wine got past the carboy (which it does about 1/3 of the time) and I was able to stop the vacuum before it got to the pump. Although if you look carefully at the wall behind my countertop where the pump sits, you'll see some purple blast marks from the wine...
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Us And Uk Gallons
Published (2009-11-22 15:02:00)
Sweetie says he feels better NOT messing with the first batch so the BB it is. After that, we'll see!
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What Type Of Grape To Plant
Published (2009-11-24 10:05:00)
Every few years the Russian River flows over its banks and floods hundreds of acres of vines. Some muture vines even completely submerge with no damage to the vine or the coming years crop. But they are dormant at the time. If done during the growing season I'm sure it would be a mess. There's even a new winery called Floodgate in an area where flooding is common. They did build the winery on a hill
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Latest active threads on WinePress.US Wine Making and Grape Growing Forum:
Started 1 day, 11 hours ago (2009-11-26 22:26:00)
by RSG
I can't speak for others but I adjust my SO2 constantly after MLF then check free SO2 about every 4 to 6 months using A/O. I adjust to the minimum required as needed and keep an accurate account of how much sulfite has been added over the course of aging. I try to follow the standard and keep my total SO2 additions to less than 150ppm over the 3 years I age the vintage. Due to micro ...
Started 19 hours, 39 minutes ago (2009-11-27 14:39:00)
by cajunwine
QUOTE (bret @ Nov 27 2009, 01:57 PM) I've started getting quite a variety of used wine bottles in preparation for bottling ........................ Can I cork the screw cap bottles? ........... Thanks! -Bret It can be done but the glass is a little thinner and it's probably not worth the risk of breaking the bottle risking injury or loss of wine....
Started 1 month ago (2009-10-29 09:10:00)
by NorthernWiner
Ok, this is making me cringe. Why on earth would you buy an oak barrel, and then try to strip out the oak flavor that you paid all that money for? In three years time (or less) most of the oak flavor will be gone naturally. And then I guarantee you'll be sitting there wishing you had some of it back again. But if you're really hell bent on doing this, you can use a product called Barrel-...
Started 2 days, 4 hours ago (2009-11-26 06:01:00)
by rottiegarf
QUOTE (PEL @ Nov 25 2009, 09:38 AM) Sure, you can do it but the question is why. I live in Central Maryland ( Brunswick - west of Frederick) I would definately not self root vinifera and I also would highly encourage rootstock even for hybrids. The cost for grafted rootstock is not that great and the advantages are many. What are you growing or planning on growing? Appreciate ...
Started 5 days, 15 hours ago (2009-11-22 18:26:00)
by Howie
Northeast PA is near Erie, which is nowhere near the Susquehanna. I drive through Erie and Northeast from time to time and have relatives in Tunkhannock, which is on the Susquehanna. Probably 300 miles apart. EDIT: Sorry, I was confused. You are talking about the northeastern part of PA. However, I would never plant grapes in a flood plain.
Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-11-17 16:07:00)
by naper wine guy
QUOTE (Brad Neal @ Nov 17 2009, 03:58 PM) I am gearing up to purchase a 13.2 gallon barrel from Vada. So I was talking to Sandor about preparation, and he told me that a new Hungarian oak barrel will not over-oak the wine, even with a smaller 13.2 gallon. He did say that it would be a good idea to ferment a Chard in it first time out, but after that I could go 18 months without fear...
Started 1 day, 23 hours ago (2009-11-26 10:36:00)
by Noontime
Good for you! I really like the 60 minute...I've had the 90 minute and the 120 minute; both too much for me. There didn't seem to be any benifit to my palate anyway. It seems the 60 minute is as big as I want to go. I'm glad you're enjoying it!
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-20 10:29:00)
by Hammered
QUOTE (rawlus @ Nov 20 2009, 08:18 AM) i have a mix of better bottles and glass carboys. has anyone tried racking to or from a better bottle to another container using a vacuum pump, perhaps at a low pressure just enough to get the fluid moving? up til now i've been using gravity for the better bottles and racking to the glass for degassing. i wouldn't try to degass in a better ...
Started 3 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-24 16:52:00)
by rawlus
i dont think the filter stripped the wine, just all the handling shocked it for now. let the bottles rest and try again in a few months after they settle down again. bouquet is one of those things that comes and goes in wine with both age and handling (filtering, racking, etc)... it usually comes back after it's had a chance to recuperate.
Started 2 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-25 16:30:00)
by gregorio
QUOTE (fishalaska @ Nov 25 2009, 12:06 PM) I got my vines from NY on 30 Mar 09. The buds broke around 15 Apr after I planted them. I kept them to a single trunk as they grew and when they reached the lateral wires I let them go. So now I have stuff strung out both directions on the wires, some up to 16 feet in both directions. My question is, I planned on pruning these back to just ...
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Started 1 week ago (2009-11-20 10:29:00)
by Hammered
QUOTE (rawlus @ Nov 20 2009, 08:18 AM) i have a mix of better bottles and glass carboys. has anyone tried racking to or from a better bottle to another container using a vacuum pump, perhaps at a low pressure just enough to get the fluid moving? up til now i've been using gravity for the better bottles and racking to the glass for degassing. i wouldn't try to degass in a better ...
Started 6 days, 19 hours ago (2009-11-21 15:01:00)
by RSG
Alan, you may want to check with the manufacturer. Is your machine crushing first or destemming? If it's destemming first then it should turn slower that that. More like 175 to 225 rpm.
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-20 14:36:00)
by gregmg
5 imperial gallons is 6 US gallons, or more precisely 6.00475211 US gallons. Why not use your 6 gallon Better Bottle? Whether or not it would be better made to 5 or 5.5 gallons is a question I can't answer. Greg G. (BTW, Google is handy for conversions like this. Just enter "5 imperial gallons in US gallons" and it will spit out the result.)
Started 2 days, 17 hours ago (2009-11-25 16:30:00)
by gregorio
QUOTE (fishalaska @ Nov 25 2009, 12:06 PM) I got my vines from NY on 30 Mar 09. The buds broke around 15 Apr after I planted them. I kept them to a single trunk as they grew and when they reached the lateral wires I let them go. So now I have stuff strung out both directions on the wires, some up to 16 feet in both directions. My question is, I planned on pruning these back to just ...
Started 1 week ago (2009-11-20 11:08:00)
by rawlus
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-19 10:28:00)
by mokadir
I've not seen them on sale or heard that they go on sale, but I must confess that I don't check the website very often.
Started 1 week, 1 day ago (2009-11-19 20:42:00)
by bret
Welcome to the forum, spoonful! I just started my hybrids, so I can't speak with the experience of so many others here. I've heard good things about Marquette. Have you seen this resource? http://viticulture.hort.iastate.edu/cultivars/cult ivars.html -Bret
Started 1 week, 3 days ago (2009-11-17 16:07:00)
by naper wine guy
QUOTE (Brad Neal @ Nov 17 2009, 03:58 PM) I am gearing up to purchase a 13.2 gallon barrel from Vada. So I was talking to Sandor about preparation, and he told me that a new Hungarian oak barrel will not over-oak the wine, even with a smaller 13.2 gallon. He did say that it would be a good idea to ferment a Chard in it first time out, but after that I could go 18 months without fear...
Started 3 days, 11 hours ago (2009-11-24 22:40:00)
by RSG
Dry the potassium bitartrate crystals, crush them to a powder and use them to seed future wine for C/S.
Started 3 weeks, 3 days ago (2009-11-03 14:21:00)
by bret
"It's definitely overkill for this size press. But, it should fit inside the basket (barely), it will allow me to use my compressor to provide the power, and I can use it again if I decide to size-up in the future." Well, if you're like most of us, you'll end up needing bigger as time goes by. -Bret
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