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Frosty here last night. Local vineyard hired Helicopters to protect their vines. I'm only a couple of miles away from them and really did not see much damage. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120412/NEWS01/304120060/Arrington-Vineyards-uses-helicopters-to-help-with-frost

What does the enzyme packet do in my kit wine. This is a CC Showcase kit with a grape pack. Any problem if I omit using it?

I'm sure this has been asked before, but here goes: Can I use shielding gas to purge the head space? C25 gas which I believe is 75% argon and 25% carbon dioxide.

Preparing to convert over some rows of vines to new varieties this Spring. Trying to propagate vines from pruning cuttings: I have several bundles of grafted cuttings resting in the laundry room. In about 3-4 weeks I'll move them to pots to get them ready to transplant in May. The pictures...

It is an early year. Vines recieved a lot of sun in late May and early June. Growing Degree Days are at 2455!! Average year would be 2060 Marquette Grapes are at 22 Brix. Young vines and not a lot to pick, but they will start ferment today. Cabernet Franc are starting to change color...

Help A friend of mine is new to wine making and the store he went to recommended this as his first kit.RJ Amarone. He's about ready to rack and will need to top up and is asking for advice on what to use. He looked at the price of Amarone and was a little shocked at the cost. I've never made...

Help A friend of mine is new to wine making and the store he went to recommended this as his first kit. RJ Amarone. He's about ready to rack and will need to top up and is asking for advice on what to use. He looked at the price of Amarone and was a little shocked at the cost. I've never made...

Tomorrow will be too busy, so I thought I would wish everyone a Merry Christmas now while I have the time. The miracle of Christmas - I hope it brings joy to all of you this year. Merry Christmas

Just wondering if any one here has made a sweet red and how sweet you make it??? I've never really considered it before andI've always made my reds completely dry, but my neighbor gaveme several bottles ofJumilla Monastrell that was really exceptional.

I just ordered this Cellar Craft Sterling Kit from George along with a Cabernet Sauvignon Grape Pack, thinking the Cab grape pack would give it addition compexity. Still have not received it, so it's not too late to change my plan. What do you folks think about putting the Cabernet grape pack in...

Planning ahead for next year - how do you make Suss Reserve. White wine, Vidal Blanc. I think I need about a half gallon for a 5-6 gallon wine batch. I would freeze it while the wine is fermenting, but what happens before and/or after freezing. Do you clarify it? Add sorbate and KMBS? Add...

In September I goofed and wound up with a lot of SO2 in my Norton wine. I knew it was high so I mixed25% wine in spring water andchecked it with Titrets.Using the results x 4 on two tests I got 200 and 250 ppm. Ipoured the winein a bucket and poured the wine from one bucket to another 4 times...

How many winemakers does it take to change a light bulb?? Fifteen - one to hold the light bulb and 14 to drink wine until the room spins!!

Just started this Showcase kit. I've done a few kits before, but this is the first time using a grape pack. Started yesterday morning. The grape pack has not floated up from the bottom of the bucket. I expected to have to punch it down like I do the cap on fresh grapes! Is this...

I added a malolactic culture to my red wine when I racked it to the secondary fermenter. Now the wine is fermented dry. I've read that sur lees is bad for reds, but I've also read that malolactic bacteria need lees present in order to work properly. My questions are: DoI need to rack some...

New to the forum, thought I would share this years results. All grapes are in now, so here are the results: Chardonnay harvested August 17, 2010 3 gallons juice /Brix 21.5 / TA 5.4 / pH 3.3 Added tartaric to bring TA up to 7.0 g/l Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc field blend...

Do pH buffer have a short life. I opened new packes of 7.01 and 4.01 buffer in mid august from packets I had purchase a year ago. They produced and error of 0.64 when I used them to calibrate my meter. I did not discover this for a couple of weeks, when the pH and TA numbers on my grapes did...