Recent content by mjrisenhoover

I found this " Because it does reduce fruitiness, it is almost never desirable for 'fruity' Germanic style wines such as Riesling or Gewurztraminer, nor in any sweet wine." http://www.piwine.com/introduction-malo-lactic-cultures.html

Yes small barrels are harder! YouTube video of DIY reconditioning.

Interesting, I've never heard of this but I like how you're thinking!

I guess they want that wine so bad they sqeeeeeeeeze thru that little bitty hole anyway they can. This guy wraps a tissue around the airlock. http://nosnob.com/wine-reviews/pub:1048/How-to-keep-fruit-flies-out-of-your-airlock

Someone once told me that if you have fruit flies in your air locks that means the air locks are doing a good job.

Winexpert Eclipse Sonoma Valley Pinot Noir I've never ordered from you before, heck, I've never done a kit before, always just grapes or juice, it's about time I gave it a try!

Interesting article, thanks!

The wife and I are going to a little restaurant down by the water for crab sandwiches and I'm bringing a bottle of Beringer private reserve chardonnay.

2014 Merlot, frozen grapes from Brehm, Sangiacomo vineyard in Carneros, tasting pretty good right now.

I pulled weeds around my vines most of the afternoon, then this evening the wife and I went to the local wine bar and as always I tried to guess the grapes on a flight of three red wines. A zinfandel, a cab franc, and a carmenere. I got zero right, nada, zilch. Oh well it was fun and the wines...

A local wine bar has given me more bottles than I could ever use and as a side note i found this little tidbit online - President Ronald Reagan is the reason why the drinking age is 21 everywhere these days. In the 1980s, nearly half of states still allowed residents to buy alcohol at age...

I'm not that far away :h

Hang in there, I have no rain, no water, I water my 16 little backyard vines with water from the shower and the leftover water after washing the dishes. I think I will figure out how to hook up the washing machine and use that water.

Someone told me that the roots will go to where the water is, that is why I put my drip irrigation emitters off to one side so the roots would be encouraged to grow more. But that was when there was water in California.

I am not sure how long it will take for a single campden tablet in a gallon of juice to dissipate enough for a new packet of yeast to take off. Any ideas?