Recent content by RTRVineyard

I have 4 Junior. I like them for the convenience since I like to do extended maceration. I prefer to start fermentation in the bag open and punch manually for 3 days, then seal and let it finish. With its design so don’t need to worry about anything while I let it go 2-3 weeks. I just think...

Make sure to get a soil test, so you know what you are up against. I lucked out with nothing huge and the report comes with suggested amendments and amounts. With small home vineyard you can make adjustments that are impractical for commercial vineyard. A hard to fix soil issues after vines...

I’m in AZ, but higher elevation of 5800 ft in Strawberry — where you shouldn’t try growing wine grapes. I have 100 vines, 25 each Marquette, Cab Franc. Cab Sav, and Malbec. Pierce’s disease not so much of an issue with getting below 10 deg in winter. All on own rootstalk so if bad late freeze...