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We have an acre of property in coastal north San Diego County with a section at the bottom that is heavy clay soil - good for nothing except grapes. I decided to plant a small vineyard (150 vines), was gifted cuttings of Grenache and Syrah by a top vineyard owner/winemaker from Santa Barbara...

Thanks for the sprinkler suggestion. I just ordered it for delivery today.

I used a stainless steel mesh basket from an asparagus steamer, pushed it through the cap in the fermenter, and pumped from it directly to carboy. The pump has a fine mesh prefilter, which clogged and had to be cleaned a few times while pumping 12 gallons. It worked well, but the pump setup and...

I needed to be sure the kit wouldn’t be delivered during a certain time period, so I messages them via their website. The prompt reply was, “The Finer Wine Kits won't be shipping out until the first or second week of May.”

That’s www.packagingoptionsdirect.com