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    Post a photo, any photo

    My best wine to date Pinot noir, when I open 750 ml bottle, just want to drink it all
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    Proposed Blackberry Wine recipie for review

    Hi, blackberry wine, I’ve made two batches, still just bubbling, re racking, do I leave on Lee’s for month or 2? One batch is zero water, just berry juice, second batch is 6 lb to gallon water, Sg to 1.120 so allows little topping up with water after shrinking. Is their any detrimental...
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    Proposed Blackberry Wine recipie for review

    last summer, February 22 found big area wild blackberries, easy pick 10 l an hour. I crushed BB, added half honey which was crystallised and some sugar, sg 1.10. NO water added at all. Add yeast which was saved from Pinot noir ferment last year. Some ammonia sulphate, yeast nutrient, some...
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    Root stock grafted, or cutting vines , any difference in longevity or yields?

    Most commercial nz vineyards use grafted vines to eliminate phylloxera. If I’m planting away from grape growing areas, phylloxera likely won’t be issue, but is yield improved? Grafted vines about $6.
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    New Zealand, member locations?

    Do members have wine tasting get togethers? Be interesting to establish whereabouts of other wine buffs? Also be good to KNOW where fruits might be available, such as this year was best blackberry year ever so abundant crop for wine which could have been made known for others. Also which...
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    Toasting Your Own Wood

    I have toasted wood for Pinot noir and tried some with Pinot Gris. I waited till wife was out, placed wood shavings on roasting tray and placed in oven under grill, soon toasting and some smoke, I placed roast tray lower and turned heat down , the result was “ Whoosh “ the wood exploded into...
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    Wine Rack

    I made a 120 bottle rack,when installed and bottles placed was full so had to make another. I’ll get photo up. You cut uprights, cut 20x20 mm batons, bottle long and screw these to the uprights on both sides. Make 12. The last 2 only have batons screwed on inside,then arrange uprights,bottle...
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    Oak Comparison Results: French / Hungarian / American

    I have been experimenting with oak and NOW other woods; I found this Thesis on google, a student from university of Auckland used wood from different trees, including oak. Some New Zealand trees too, 11 weeks is too long a time, I toasted wood and infused 5 litres Pinot noir for 2 weeks and...
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    Wine re-bubbling after 9 months

    I made 2 x 23 litre carboys of Pinot noir, it fermented out , 28 days skins in, racked, a light add of p,so4 , then racked again 2 months ago, quite drinkable even then, but I’m intending to add wood chips to add depth to flavour, so haven’t bottled. This week with temps rising , the wine has...
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