Recent content by zonta223

Thanks for the reply Peter. Is this just general advice or do you have specific knowledge of making Verjuice. So just to clarify things....I should pick, crush, press and treat as above. Leave in stainless steel until clear and bottle? Suggested PPM of Sulfur on bottling any advice? Once again...

Hi Next January will have to crop thin my San Giovese Instead of just throwing the grapes on the ground thought about making Verjuice. Has anyone ever made verjuice. Want to bottle it semi commercially. How do you treat it so it won't ferment in the bottle etc. regards

Hi Used a small 300 ltr poly tank. Did not have enough to need bigger tank. regards

Hi Thanks for link but think it is for the wrong country on the wrong continent or am I suffering from vintage tiredness. regards

Hi Wade Thanks for the answer. was eager to try this stuff only problem finding supplier. Search results and phone calls all negative. May have to resort to egg whites etc. regards

Hi Everyone Was just given some chardonnay grapes and decide to make a dessert wine out of them. Crushed the grapes, pressed them, added the ethonal to make to 11% alcohol to stop them fermenting. Addes sulfer. Put in storage tank. I now have a wine that has glorious honey...

Hi everyone. Just been cranking my old Enolmatic bottling plant up again as vintage is upon us once more. It is a great little plant did 1500 bottles of shiraz with it yesterday and it performed flawlessly. Only got another 6000 bottles to go. The 200 bottles a hour maximum in the sales...

Just returned from a weeks holiday on a houseboat. Winter Solstice and all that. Was freezing. Woke up the first morning and thought it was pouring with rain until I noted the deck was dry. The water pouring off the trees was the ice melting!!! Eastern States having floods after...

Hi My best suggestion would be to get a couple of bottles of wine or a carton of beer (which ever the bulldozer driver prefers) an old blanket or sleeping bag and a stout rope or chain. Trim vine back so you only have a few buds Rap blanket around the base of the required vine, tie chain...

Hi Thanks for the suggestion re name for Rose. Just doing the first racking on my barrels. Only 5 more to go. Always amazes me how the batches made from the same grapes at different times (1 week apart) taste so different. Doing tannin and acid adds as I refill the barrels. Just wish I...

Hi Anyone tried the Malic acid kit?? Tried it for the first time this vintage but it reads all the wines are dry (no malic) even if I test just after fermentation. Anton

Hi Anyone using a stelvin capper?? Looking to buy one as cheaply as possible. any suggestions Anton

Hi Now asking for your help Need a name for a Rose wine. Rose made from shiraz. Already is a commercial wine with the name white shiraz so cant use that. had suggestions like Maidens Blush, Just Pink, Barely there. Whats your best suggestion. And who is the label guru. I am as artistic as...

Hi everyone Well good news. ITS RAINING. Just had 8 inches of rain in just over a week and we normally only get 25 inches for the full year. Been constant steady rain no great cloud burst so the ground has been soaking it up like a sponge. The weeds have shot up overnight. Now just...

Hi Sorry for the delay in answering but I have been sick for a few days. I used to work in the wine industry in the Barossa Valley and part of the salery package (common for wine industry workers) was a wine allowance. Now to answer your question my wife and I MAY just drink 1 or 2...