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Bkisel Thank you for the suggestion. I actually am designing the label around a wedding photo on picmonkey! I will post a photo when it is on the bottle

I also thought about putting Est Nov 2, 2012.

I need some advice. I am making a wine label for a one year anniversary gift. On the Label I'm putting "Happy One Year Anniversary Nick and Melissa" and then I want to put their wedding date on it also. Should I put the year of their anniversary such as Nov 2, 2013 or the year they got...

Anyone going to the Grape Escape in Quincy this weekend? I'm going Sunday.

My MIL and I did make it over Sat. They had the festivities under the pavilion. It was a little chilly, but the wine and music kept us warm. It was absolutely beautiful out there. My vines did start to bud about the third week in May. I was so happy when that happened. While I planted them...

Anyone going to the Mackinaw Valley Wine and beer festival this next weekend?

So my grapes vines I planted last November have not started budding yet. I followed the instructions, but maybe I did something wrong, like cutting them to far down. I also probably should have just waited to plant them till Spring. Should I just go ahead and order more so I can get them in the...

Bobr, Would you recommend grow tubes and what kind, where from etc? I'm thinking I need some protection from the dog, who has shown interest in them. Since I only planted two i want to give them there best shot, if they even grow. Also at what point do you think I should be worried about...

I have used Welschs from the bottle. I have never tried frozen concentrate. I'm not sure which is better to use. I wish I didn't have to use any extra juice, but sometimes it's like the concord taste gets losts. Also I don't like to use water to fill my head space.

Some years my concord comes out great and I only have to back sweeten it. This year it was lacking the concord smell and taste I like so after racking at two months I had some head space so I added concord juice and then sweetend it before bottling and voila great Concord. At least for my liking.

Oh and the new post you see has a dog run on it so I can't use that.

My in laws have a rental and in the backyard is a concord grape vine. The renters didn't care that I took the grapes and I told them I would prune the vines. This thing has not been taken care of and I'm thinking whoever planted the vines didn't know what they were doing. I am new to pruning and...

There's nothing on their website about it. i just asked one year figuring they didn't sell any, but I was surprised when they told me they would. I usually jump the gun and call in July to see how the grapes are doing then I call before the festival to check again and order a pie of course. The...

Bobr, I usually make five gallons at a time so I get approximately 24 bottles. I would make a lot more if I had the room but I don't want to overrun the house with wine :) I usually make semi sweet concord, but this next batch I'm going for a dessert wine which I have never tried. This reminds...

I usually go during there grape festival and get enough for five gallons of wine. The price is pretty reasonable too, if they had a good year.