we put up 80 pounds this morning, picked , crushed and set into primaries, the stuffs already burping like mad. last year we separated the blacks and golds but this year we threw it all together. we made a batch last year with a few blacks mixed in a batch of golds and it made a beautiful blush wine, we're going for pink this year. tomorrow i'll try to pick another 80 pounds. eckraus recipe calls for champain yeast but i'm using lavins 1118. the recipe calls for 5 gallon batches with 30 pounds of fruit, we go quite abit over the 30 pounds called for so instead of 3/4 teaspoon of pictic enyzmes we add 1 full teaspoon to break down the extra fruit. we're actually using about 42 or 43 pounds of fruit per set. the recipe worked fine last year so hoping for some same results. I use 9 pounds of sugar called for in the 5 gallon recipe. our muscadine are carry a very high sugar content this year, sweet as candy and very aromatic