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So I'm finally going to have a little Petite Pearl to pick this year. No where near enough to make wine by itself but I was gifted 20 lbs of Aronia. I'm contemplating fermenting the two together. Thoughts on a particular yeast choice? Thanks

Has anyone had experience with this particular model? Supposedly the same as the 3 pad model but with a little bigger pump that you can by pass the filter and use as a transfer pump?

My antique basket press needs to be retired I'm afraid as it leaks way to much. Thinking about investing in a bladder press. Can anyone recommend the best kind/place to source one?? Thanks

Not being one to pass up a good deal, I'm the proud owner of 7 cases of Bosc Pears. So I'll be letting them ripen a little more and then making wine. What can/should I expect with Pears and also if anyone can recommend a yeast for them it would be much appreciated. :b

More specifically LaCrescent. As I'm in full prep mode for this wk-end. I'm wondering what the general consensus is amongst you experienced wine makers. Yay or nay on cold soaking?

Directions say not to use it on wood due to the porous nature of it. What would be a better alternative? Kmeta solution be good enough?

How hard of a frost with grapes still on the vine, does there have to be to be up the creek with no paddle, so to speak??

Does anyone have experience with these folks? I'm getting a bit nervous as harvest is FAST approaching and the crusher/destemmer I ordered (and charged for) July 1st still hasn't shipped. Emails don't get returned and both times I spoke to someone live (approx 1 month apart) I got the same...

Took a few pics this wkend of the vines. Varieties that we will harvest this season include: LaCrescent, Brianna and Marquette. We have new plantings of Petite Pearl from 2013 and 2014 as well. Vineyard and Orchard: Putting up trellis wire (albeit a little late) for the new...

made from grapes that I've grown has been bottled. I realize my palate is a bit biased but I think it's terrific.:D 90/10 of LaCrescent & Brianna

So I've had this tucked away in the shop for a while now thinking it would be little more than a display/conversation piece. Seeing and reading some things has made me think it might be worth refinishing and using instead of purchasing new. Forgive the cruddy pictures but can anyone offer...

Figured this was the appropriate place to ask. Anyone know who commercial wineries that produce plum wines go about processing their plums? Having just finished my last batch of plum wine for this year (over 180 lbs) it got me wondering how the 'big boys' do it? Thoughts??

Trying to plan ahead as much as possible so bear with me. In preparation of our 2014 fall harvest I plan on obtaining some larger vessels then your typical home wine makers 6gal glass carboy's. I'm leaning towards the small 'Flextanks' as they seem to fit my budget best. Now, let's pretend that...

So I had a freezer that gave out so needing to quickly do something with some of the fruit I had in it I fermented 25lbs of raspberries with 15lbs of tart cherries. After racking I was left with a little extra with no room so let's have some month old hodge podge wine on New Years Day...

Going to try my hand at some 'purple plum' wine. Since we had a decent year with our fruit trees I ended up freezing 40lbs of purple plums for wine. The trees these came from are leaning at about a 65 degree angle I'm going to name the wine "Tilted Plum":D Looking for a yeast reccomendation if...

Are these available anywhere or they still impossible to find? I be wanting some.:sm

So here are my thoughts, any/all feedback is greatly appreciated. Will have my first grape harvest this fall and I really don't think I'll have enough red (Marquette) grapes to make batch by itself. My Nanking cherries make a wine that IMO resembles a light bodied Italian table wine. So my...

Anyone use these and if so are they any good?

Have a couple of batches of blueberry. I didn't use a straining bag during ferment(I'll never do that again!) hence I've had lots and lots of sediment so I've needed to top up several times at racking. I've used a commercial Merlot every time. My question is thus. How much Merlot would you have...

Got the wife to help pick some cherries on Sunday. Birds picked clean the few bushes we weren't able to net but we managed 33lbs this go round. A of uneven ripeness so we have at least as much left under the nets. Planning on getting back to them in another week or so. Since my wife likes to...