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We are getting off the ground with our winery. But I’m having problems getting a source for bottles and corks. We only need 2-3 pallets of bottles and around 3000 corks. Maybe that’s the problem? It’s too small an order? I have called and emailed a few places and none will return calls or...

https://labelpeelers.com/beer-making/fruit-purees/apricot-fruit-puree-8-oz/ Has anyone used these purées. If so did it work well? And at what point did you use it. I’m thinking a few days prior to bottling.

I could use some advice. We had a pickup truck load of watermelons given to us a while back. Good quality melons. Seeded. We scooped the flesh and seeds out and froze in zip lock bags until the weather was cooler and we had time to mess with them. We had 70 one-gallon freezer bags. Pressed...

So I am researching these two trellises. I know VSP is better for upright growth. TWC for trailing growth. But my question ... I can’t find any info on WHY you couldn’t use VSP rather than TWC on trailing varieties. Would there just be too much canopy to deal with? A decrease in harvest...

Good evening wine makers I hope someone can give me some ideas on this conundrum. A little history: Pears were frozen from fall of 2016 then thawed and pressed with a bladder press April 2017 juice was clear initially Adjustments made to must with acid addition and usual treatments.. k...

I posted this over in wine making but realize it probably needs to be in this thread. I ran across this frozen fruit at wal Mart. I have not purchased yet. Was wondering if anyone has a good idea of how to use it for wine making ? Any ideas or suggestions?? Would the nibs work ok in primary...

Any ideas on a wine?? If so how much per gallon? It looks delicious. Thanks Brigitte

Just had to share. This is our first bottling of wine in which we grew the grapes and did the whole process start to finish. I was so excited I took a few pics before we got corks in. Now we need a cute label. Any advice?? Brigitte

Good evening. Does anyone have a source for purchasing wine bottles? We are a small vineyard hoping to be a smallish winery and are looking for a source of new bottles .. we don’t need 1000’s but the cheapest we can find are about $14/case at local wine brew store. I have space and am willing...

I have Frontenac wine in secondary in which Malolactic bacteria were added on 9/1/17. Took a sample out and it smells ok tastes ok. This is my first MLF. Is this white stuff normal? The carboy has had argon gas in it to handle the air space issue. Beginning pH 3.3 and TA 10.7. Fermented with...

I am hoping someone can give me some help. Fairly new to wine making. I started a batch of welches grape juice on 8-16-17. Six gallons of juice to a fermenter. 1/4 tsp k-meta . Brix 16.2, pH 3.37 and TA 6.9 g/l (0.69%). Added sugar to get starting gravity to 1.090. 2 tsp wine tannin. Yeast on...

Hello. For the life of me I can't find a recipe for Apple wine using frozen concentrate juice. Like the stuff you get at the grocery store and add water to it. I must have had a recipe at one time bc I bought a bunch of the frozen Apple concentrate several months ago. Needing to free up some...

So we are new with making wine. Using our own grapes and this is first time making wine ever. Been checking Brix daily. I like doing Brix rather than so gr. It just seems easier. Are there any probs with Brix meter versus hydrometer ? Pitched yeast a week ago Friday on edelweiss and a...

I am trying to decide to harvest or wait? So first of all we have had 11 inches of rain in last 4 days and it is supposed to rain the rest of this week off and on and be cloudy all week. Very unusual weather for southeast Missouri. So my Chambourcin are as of 8:00 am this morning pH 3.1 TA...

Took some readings this morning and have pH 3.4 Brix 16 TA 3.0 g/l We have had a lot of rain all through July which is very unusual. Is that why acid is so low? I am thinking it is time to pick and adjust acid and sugar. This will be our first harvest for any grapes so any help would be...

Hi! I posted over in beginners wine making and then realized maybe I should post here. Anyhow.... Here is my dilemma: I picked my Edelweiss grapes today and have the following numbers Brix 14.5 pH 7.1 TA 4.3 g/l I am very new at this. I think I should have harvested grapes sooner...

Hi. Sure hope someone can give me some sage advice. I picked my Edelweiss grapes today and have the following numbers Brix 14.5 pH 7.1 TA 4.3 g/l I am very new at this. I think I should have harvested grapes sooner but just got my meters in today to test TA and pH and Brix. And the birds...

Hello everyone, I have not been very regular on here for over a year and thought I would re-introduce myself and say hello. My husband and I have planted around 1200 vines to start a vineyard and perhaps a small winery in a few years. We are just getting started with wine making having not...

We are just getting started with a vineyard and wine making and are looking for a meter or meters to analyze pH and TA in our grapes. Yes we probably waited too long but...... lol. We have about 75 vines producing a small (first) crop this year but have planted a larger vineyard with plans to...