Recent content by PortersCove

Winemaking Talk - Winemaking Forum

Help Support Winemaking Talk - Winemaking Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. PortersCove

    Hello from Valencia/Saxonburg,Pa

    Thank you all! I am off of logan. About 4 miles from the school. How about you?
  2. PortersCove

    Trellis Posts

    I am getting ready to trellis about 200 vines. Opinions on using 8 ft t-posts vs. wooden posts? Also anyone in western PA know any good distributors to get posts from as most retailers are about 7.50 to 8 bucks a post. We will be expanding the vineyard rapidly in the next few years so if we...
  3. PortersCove

    Help! Low starting brix value

    Thank you all! We will try everything out and let you know how it goes. Hopefully everything works out! Thanks again for your timely responses!
  4. PortersCove

    Help! Low starting brix value

    Yes Rocky, i am referring to 1.020. I will attempt to get the temperature up overnight. Would you suggest adding some yeast nutrients, in hopes of convincing them to finish the job? I am a bit confused as to what you mean when you refer to the wine being under "airlock." Forgive me, as i am...
  5. PortersCove

    Help! Low starting brix value

    I just purchased 6 gallons of Chilean Juice that was imported in May of 2012. The wine has been sitting in a cold stabilization refrigerator until yesterday, 9-29-2012. The wine is Syrah, and all that we know is that yeast was introduced at some time before being imported to the US. When we...
Back
Top