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• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 09-04-2011 at 04:49 PM
  Joe,Have you done anything else to your wine recently? We have been bulk aging, been a few
  months since we tasted it (when it came off oak) so we are due to taste it again here soon. My
  two small 1-lu...

• Posted in thread: Forgotton Vineyard Revival? on 06-13-2011 at 01:56 AM
  Gush thanks for the updated pictures. This truly a labor of love.This guy is a very interesting
  man, he used to work for the dea in the 70s and was a portfolio manager for stocks etc later
  on. His g/f...

• Posted in thread: Forgotton Vineyard Revival? on 06-13-2011 at 01:36 AM
  Spent the first 2-3hrs of work there today. I found atleast 1 vinifera vine and i think half a
  row of concord? They also have peaches, pears, and concord grapes on the wall that they used to
  make pres...

• Posted in thread: Forgotton Vineyard Revival? on 06-06-2011 at 02:45 AM
  So this may belong in the newbie section but i think it will get more traffic here..Here's the
  deal. When i was ~12-13 I went with a close friend of the family to one of his friends houses
  to pick win...

• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 05-29-2011 at 01:24 PM
  Joe, Maugle Sierra is literally less then 5 minutes away. I am signed up for their special
  events e-mails and haven't seen a wine festival yet. I will definatly keep an eye out. Their
  St. Croix is ama...

• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 05-28-2011 at 06:22 PM
  Would we be talking about this fall during the possible group buy? Or in a year or so when our
  wines are all done? Did you talk to anyone about quantitys and discounts?

• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 05-28-2011 at 05:00 PM
  I am down for a meet and greet. Any decent pubs in the Hartford area? Would Hartford be pretty
  central to everyone?

• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 05-28-2011 at 04:12 AM
  Pectic enzyme can be added when you sulfite. I added 1.5tsp for 1.5-1.8 gallons worth of must.
  Both of the musts that I added it to are much more soupy then the merlot that I did not. I must
  agree wit...

• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 05-27-2011 at 10:18 AM
  I have the best future wife ever! My fiance says randomly last night "I want more grapes to
  crush with my hands!" as my buddy and I had two batches of beer boiling away for a friends
  wedding. My respo...

• Posted in thread: 2011 Chilean Carmenere on 05-26-2011 at 03:16 PM
  M&m crushed my last order or grapes for me. I wanted to get more hands on and see how long it
  would take by hand etc. I also was able to be a bit kore picky about the moldy grapes going
  into the must....