Now I've Done it! The pressure is on!

[Jeff H]

Rich,


I have no doubt that the wines will come out excellent. Glad to see the motor worked on your C/D. This sounds like alot of fun, enjoy the experience!


Jeff

 

[grapeman]

Yes Jeff the motor works well on the C/D. Thanks again for the pictures.

 

[Jeff H]

Rich, very good, I'm glad they helped out. I was wondering....on most of the motorized C/D's there is an auger in the hopper in addition to the paddles wherethe manual ones just have the paddles. Was there any problem with moving the grapes to the crushing rollers at themotor speed?

 

[grapeman]

No problems at all. Many of them are set up with a hopper and paddles.

 

[grapeman]

OK here are some pictures but I don't have a lot of time for narrative so.

Truck of grapes

LaCrescent grapes

Grapes in the hopper

Crusher Destemmer

In the press

LaCrescent must

Prairie Star

St Croix

I also did Sabrevois and St. Pepin but didn't ake pictures of them.

The End.

 

[Brewgrrrl]

WOW! Very impressive. No wonder you thought my uncle's half-bushel gift of Concord grapes wasn't very many.

I hope these all turn out beautifully - the must looks great.

 

[Wade E]

Looking good there bud!

 

[Tom]

I can smell it here in NJ !

 

[ibglowin]

Thanks for the pics Rich. Looks great!

How many gallons will you end up with?

 

[fivebk]

Looks great Rich, make some knockout wines and show those lab boys what they are missing.

BOB

 

[rrawhide]

Rich

You WILL do it!!!!! With all of us behind you the 'lab boys' do not have a chance. Experience - experience - experience!!!.

Have fun and keep us up to date

rrawhide

 

[grapeman]

I know the folks at Geneva do a great job making the wines having to do hundreds of batches every year to compare varieties and so forth. I want to show what these grapes we are growing are capable of doing at their best expressing their own individual characteristics.


With any luck some of them may end up in a photo op like this one from this year's Wimemaker Competition.

 

[ibglowin]

Wow,

Thats a lot of hardware, very impressive!

 

[Wade E]

Thats a pretty sight, next time but the 2 darks in the center though!

You always like to hang me on my picture presentations!

 

[rrawhide]

great job Rick

C - O - N - G - R - A - T - U - L - A - T - I - O - N - S

RRAWHIDE

 

[paubin]

Impressive bud ! Now I'm really lookin forward to the move to your part of the country. I'll have to stop by for a taste of the results...lol


Pete

 

[hannabarn]

Paubin, believe me, you will not be disappointed. I really enjoyed my short visit with Rich and Cindy!!

 

[xanxer82]

How is your project going?

 

[grapeman]

I’m still working with the wines from my own grapes and have a couple hundred gallons to press.I will finish up the Willsboro primary ferments soon-eight down two to go. Overall I think they have a lot of potential this year in spite of low brix and high acids because of the bad weather. The aromas and tastes are superb.. I pressed the Frontenac today – it has plenty offruity character but a bit of herbaceousness– oh well. I alsopressed the <?amespace prefix = st1 ns = "urnchemas-microsoft-comfficearttags" /><st1:City wt="on"><st1lace wt="on">Marquette</st1lace></st1:City>. It had ripened quite well in spite of fairly low sugars (about 22-23 brix). I let some run into a small glass, stuck my nose up to it and it was almost blown off by black cherry aromas - ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! And taste – plenty of black cherry and a touch of Pinot Noir earthiness. Now this is what we all have hopes for with <st1:City wt="on"><st1lace wt="on">Marquette</st1lace></st1:City>. I’m hoping I don’t screw it up, because this is good stuff!<?amespace prefix = o ns = "urnchemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />

 

[jobe05]

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Rich, I'm sure with your expertise and experience, screwing it up isn't going to happen........... I'm sure the term "screwing it up" isn't in you vocabulary when it comes to wine making.

I don't get on the board as often as I'd like to anymore but when I do I check back in on this thread to see how it's progressing.............

No updated pictures...........

And the description of the wine made my mouth water.