Recent content by BMeloche

I have a gallon of the white sitting under the desk clearing right now. I use the 3 Qt bottles as primary add sugar to bring the SG up to about 1.110. Ferment to dry, cold crash for a week, add sorbate and 1 more qt of juice in a secondary. Let it clear for about 2 months and its ready to go...

...and I thought one squirrel raiding my nectarine tree was a problem. You can keep them critters!

Be sure to clean the vineyard floor very well. Anything that falls, leaves, stems or grapes, will contain fungus spores that will survive the winter only to spread again next year. I was in the habit of spot pruning during my morning walks and just tossing the damaged leaves on the ground and...

I have allot of 2, 4-D damage this year being so close to a large bean field. I also had black rot in several spots this year which I hope we have removed and gotten under control. Save the foch, I think you have a winner with that one!