The temperature in the area is in the 100s so probably pretty similar. He said most of the home winemakers were coming up the following day. I'll ask him what kind of storage conditions he has (its a horticulture research center).
I'm purchasing some Syrah grapes from the Western Slope of Colorado. They are being harvested this week and ready for pick up starting tomorrow (Friday). How long can they sit for without being crushed? It's quite a far drive so I'm struggling to find a date before Tuesday that I could go grab...
Anyone been to the winemaker magazine conference in the past? Was it worth the cost? I just got into winemaking this year and it sounded like a fun event but it is spendy when you throw in travel since I'm not local.
13th annual WineMaker Conference May 28-31, 2020 San Luis Obispo – Paso Robles...
I have a batch of Lodi Zinfandel grapes which have gone through primary fermentation, after crushing and destemming I added 1/4 potassium metabisulfate to the must. I want my wine to go through MLF, but my local wine store only had one kind of malolactic cultures: WLP675 Malolactic Cultures.
I...
@mainshipfred I'm guessing I'm going to have the same issue with SO2 you might have had. I added SO2 after crushing so it will be higher than 10ppm. I bought the ML bacteria from my wine store because it was the only one they had and didn't realize the SO2 levels needed to be so low. Thanks for...
@mainshipfred One more question for you. In the cases where WLP675 didn't work for you because the SO2 levels are too high, did you innoculate a second time with a different brand of ML bacteria? I wasn't sure if you could add two different bacterias if one wasn't working.
Thanks @mainshipfred . I chose not to press the grapes and just use the free-run last night when I racked the grapes. I was concerned the wine might be too tannic and harsh since I had to leave the grapes in contact with the wine for 2 days longer than I wanted since I had to go out of town...
I'm making my first ever batch of Zinfandel from grapes from Lodi. I purchased White Labs WLP675 for Malolactic Fermentation. I added it at 5 Brix, per the instructions. Last night I racked the wine into a carboy as it was just below 0 Brix.
Do I wait approximately 4-6 weeks until malolactic...