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on another forum, the topic of when to pick niagra was discussed. it was mentioned and agreed that picking at brix in the 14-15 range in correct, and is also correct for concord. we have concord, but in past years i have tried to go for a higher brix. am i wasting time?? do you recommend going...

any suggestions of chemicals for systemic control. is it too late for this growing season?

i've been told that it is a bad idea to freeze grapes befoe crushing because it ruptures the seeds and makes the wine bitter. i've also been told that ice wine is picked after the grapes have beenfrozen. is any of this true? any thoughts??

i really l ike this forum, but like many winemakers, i also visit other wine fora [i think that is plural for forum, but i will bow to an expert in latin]. does anyone know if anything happened to www.winepress.us? my browser cannot log on to that site or some reason.

does anyone know what happened to the "SAUASAGEMAKER.ORG" forum??

on the theory that at least some home-made wine makers and beermakers may also be sausage makers [yes, we probablytravel in packs] does anyone here have any thoguhts on how to get a recpie for making home-made serbocroatian kobasica????

"the voice of one crying in the wilderness" i thought i presented a legitimate issue that was of potential [pardon the pun] interestto all pH meter users. i guess i was wrong. but consider, if you exclude internal electrical circuit failure, there are three reasonably common things that can go...

a little long winded, but interesting 01-used two big cans of "chenin" concentrate diluted to 5 gallons[ok] 02-SG measured 1.074 [boo] 03-raised SG to 1.092 with sugar [yeah] 04-used yeastfrom my supplier [ok] 05-fermented to completion with SG 0.992 [yeah] 06-transfer to secondary...

i use the small pH meter and love it. howover, the small buffer pouches have to be ordered online, and the shipping costs are high. deos anyone have any thougths as to what kind of business would carry somthing like these buffer pouchesin a large city?? my wine supply shop does not carry this...

i would like to add a stopcock to the bottom ofmy 10 plastic primary fermenter, but before i try to "invent the wheel" i wonder if anyone else has had luck doing this. the problem is the round sides of the bucket. i am not sure what kind of plastic stopcock type device i can use and how to...

my question is about the finalyield of wine from the starting volume of must. the total starting volume was 2 gallons. this was composed of the filter bag containing the previously frozen grapes and some of thefluid that leaked out of the grapes as they thawed. after fermentation, i squeezed...

well, the final reading was brix 17 and TA 0.45 before i added anything. does this seem possible??? low suger and low acid??? hmmmm??i double checked everything [used the hydrometer for brix], but i have to admit that it is hard to read the pH color changes on the test kit. finally, is there an...

the racoons left us only concord and frontenac. do you think we need to use isinglass to clear these two??? had two frosts in mid southern wi already. unbelievable!

hi all our concord are about ready to try to become wine, brix at 17 and still going up. my wine supply shop said that for our relatively small amount of grapes, we do not need a crusher but can use a freezer instead, and that freezing actually has several advantages over crushing. we are...

does anyone know if a black walnut tree growing about 20 feetfrom a row of grapes will hurt the grapes??

my mid wisconsin consords have peaked at a brix of about13. i have not measured acid yet. is this about right for concords??? good for jelly but not much else??? anybody try to make wine with concordof this sweetness??

we'll be making wine this fall for the very first time, about 10 decent vines worth. i'm buying equipment. do you think i need both of the aboveor just a crusher or just a press?? any thoughts appreciated.

that is the question... does anyone think it wise to remove theleaves and/or shootsthat are blocking steady, directsunlight from the clusters in order to exposethem tomaximal directsunlight??? right now, the grapes seem to be doing well, but theyare in partial shade all afternoon [dappled...

this last weekend in south cental wisconsin i got the following readings: frontenac- 13 marechal foch- 16 swenson red-14.5 am i on track??? after the second wettest winter in wisconsin history, we had the second wettest june in wisconsin history.

i've been using the mr brew barrel for years with excellent results. however, i alwaysuse the malt extract sold by my local supply house. the cans are large, about twice the size of the mr brew cans; i don't recall the size as i sit in the office, but around 3 pounds seems about right. i always...