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I was happy with it. Ended up leaving slightly dry but others like which was key

I have around 50 gallons of Cabernet that has been in stainless steel since last year. This year I am making around 30 gallons of Zinfandel and 30 gallons of merlot. Right now the cab has a little bit too it which I am assuming is a result of no micro oxidation in the steel. I have a 70...

Hope you don’t get the bad rain as We do by Milwaukee. I would imagine our bricks is going to drop across all of our varietals

Yes and now we have colder weather to delay ripening to allow the coins birds and every creature to feast. Good luck on harvest. We are still a couple weeks out by Port Washington

I am planning on spraying mustang max this year for help controlling SWD flies. What type of residual coverage, if any, does this chemical provide? Thank you

That’s what I thought is if acid is in decent range to start, let it ferment and then back add any acid.

What is everyone’s thoughts on acid addition. I have always thought acid should be added well after fermentation is done because cold stabilization and mlf can reduce ta. I know others try to plan ahead and increase acid at fermentation knowing the acid will drop. What do you practice? Is one...

Will the damaged berries have any affect on the finished wine?

We recently had hail come through and damage about 10% of each cluster. Some berries bruised, some broken open. I have since sprayed for rot to protect against anything spreading. The grapes are still hard and at least a week or two from verasion. Will these berries just dry up and fall off...

Last year we had a little sour rot in our vineyard. We had a large amount of rain fall, over 20”, in late august that I feel may have contributed to it. This year we have tried to really open up the canopy in our hybrids to allow for drying. What other steps do fellow growers recommend? I...

Is that the pet the screws in the top? If so, I did try that and it didn’t have any affect. I have a vacuum pump that I have tried before from harbor freight, but it left too much foam in the bottle.

Yes. All same. About 3/4” to top of bottle

I have made a three unit filler with the enolmatic heads. I am having issues with fill rates because they are filling too full, see picture. I am gravity feeding the unit. Tips?

Good call, thanks for pointing it out. No I’m not trying to make spiked juice.

Fermcalc calculator tells me 98 lbs of sugar. The sample was 55 mL of wine. My intent was starting small regardless and tasting along the way.