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Been battling black rot for years now and can’t get it under control. Wind up losing half or more of my grapes. My current spray program- Western Pennsylvania May 15, Captan (dry) .4 oz/ gal. May 29, Daconcil (liq) 2 tbs./ gal. June 6, Captan .5 oz per gal. June 15, Daconcil 2 tbs. / gal...

I need to purchase the following fungicides for my vines. I only need small amount, maybe 10 ounces (dry) will last several years. Can anyone recommend a place for these? Manzate, Pristine and Captan. I am not looking for a mix of fungicides just these three specific ones alone. Thanks

This turned out awesome so thought I'd share. The secret is to use Seeded Watermelon and skimp on the fruit near the rine. Also this must be kept cool from beginning thru during fermentation. For 6 Gallons 1.070 starting gravity 8 pounds Sliced and destemmed frozen strawberries 48 pounds of...

Last year I fermented a Muscat. I never made this before so I have no idea of the taste or smell. Tonight I racked it off of the tartaric acid crystals and back sweetened a sample to 1.000 as a starting area. It smells different than other whites if not any wines. It doesn't smell bad but...

I just made a batch of lemon skeeter per shots for the 4th of July. My refrigerator smells awesome. I also made a batch of Brianna Jello Shots. You know these will be awesome. 1 package of jello. Boil water and dissolve well. Instead of adding the 2nd part of water add your skeeter...

I am on several other forums, not winemaking guys, and what I have come to really appreciate and be thankful for is the generally quick responses and pleasant attitude on this forum. It wasn't until I started going to other forums for learning a few other areas in life and wow, what a...

For those of you new to the forum welcome and with this being such a popular beverage I thought I would do a brief overview. With great thanks to Lon, and his skeeter pee website is skeeterpee.com you can make a second generation wine from the slurry of your finished fermenting musts. All...

For our newer members here is a tutorial on making wine from juice. This procedure can be slightly modified for other fruits but this is the back bone of the basics. FERMENTING MADE EASY This will be directions on fermenting 6 gallons of juice, whether it’s pure juice from a vineyard or from...

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While sitting on the couch my wife and I suddenly heard a loud POP in the kitchen. We turned around and saw a bottle of Brianna Skeeter Pee spewing like Mt. Vesuvius. It was bubbling like champagne and did smell great. There was some sediment in the bottom of the bottle. I had 6 other...

I finally updated and it pretty much finished the tutorial on choosing the correct yeast for starting your musts. It can be found here http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12160 or in the tutorial section on the home page.

I rather let my fruit roam free in my primary as opposed to a mesh bag. The only problem is when it comes time to transfer there is so much pulp inter-mixed with the wine it's difficult to separate the two. Here's what I wound up doing with my muscadines and it worked really slick. Buy a...

Just for reference I'm posting the data from the 2011 juices I just picked up from Regina. If anyone is making wine from these grapes here's a ballpark of where you may want to be. Barbara 1.090 3.52ph Lalvin Yeast RC212 Cabernet Sauvignon 1.090 3.73ph Lalvin Yeast RC212 Gamay 1.090 3.49ph...

This past week my wife and I headed west to visit Rob and his wife (really their vineyard). We had a fantastic time. We picked Brianna grapes for two days, destemmed and pressed them. The grape is very sweet and grows in a tight cluster. They are a white grape with a golden skin. I brought...

The prices are posted for Premiere Produce in Pittsburgh. The link is http://premierproducepgh.com/Web2011JuiceAndGrapeOrderForms.htm for those interested. You need to order now and the juice will be in starting next week I believe. The prices have gone up a little but not as bad as we had...

When it came time to riddle my champagne, the process of sending all the sediment from the second fermentation to the top of the bottle to degorge it, I figured I would just turn the bottles upside down. Well that doesn't exactly work, at least not for me. As I would twist the bottles to loosen...

Has anyone ever thought about having a cruise for many of us wine makers? We could meet aboard a ship and sail to the caribbean or wherever and get to meet everybody. Relax and have a great time all the while enjoying the wonderful tropic breezes. Maybe we could even get a party room private...

I started making my own red wine vinegar today. My neighbor gave me a bottle of his brothers vinegar (excellent) so I thought I would share this with everyone. You may start with a mother of vinegar or vinegar made from the mother as the spores are in the vinegar even after it is finished. A...

There are several ways and procedures folks like to use to ferment juice into wine. For the novice below you will find a basic guide to assist you in making wine. There are other more advanced procedures some of us use and kits should be made following their directions. Again this is just a...

Thought I would post up my details for my watermelon wine. It can be tricky as watermelon can turn bad fast and/or turn out thin. I am doing two different batches so I will post all that I am doing and any tips that may help others. Fingers crossed. This is a 6 gallon batch. I started with...