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Rice_Guy replied to the thread Hello from Alberta.Welcome to WMT One of my favorite books for wine is The New Cider Makers Handbook. The reason is that Jolicour tells a lot of the... -
Rice_Guy replied to the thread Super stuck fermentation (concord grape wine).Welcome to WMT I am a big fan of taste and do action 2 then taste and do action 3 then taste again etc. Looking at choices I wonder...
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Reviving this thread to let people know how this story ended. My wife and I returned to the vineyard in 2021 to pick some...
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Rice_Guy replied to the thread Wine Analyzers (Vinmetrica, sentia, etc.).You do have another variable with free SO2 , if you mainly run tannic red wine or traditional tannic apples they act as natural...
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Rice_Guy reacted to RylanJacobs's post in the thread Wine Analyzers (Vinmetrica, sentia, etc.) with
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This is a phenomenal reply. Thank you so much!!! This is why I come to WMT. I agree that accuracy is important, but I do not need to... -
Rice_Guy replied to the thread Red grape concentrate substitute.I read this as 3.2kg of fruit per gallon. ie * Yes you could skip the red grape. On my part I like color so I be adding adding .32 kg...
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Rice_Guy replied to the thread Looking forward to my first wine.welcome to WMT This is an interesting hobby, I am first a gardener and after what can I do with this, a wine maker.
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Rice_Guy replied to the thread New member.Welcome to WMT “kinda hap-hazardly” humm ,, the process change that got me away from randomness was to assume zero free SO2 and just...
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Have you noticed all those magazine articles etc. about all the things you can do when you retire, such as climb mountains or run...
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Rice_Guy reacted to winemaker81's post in the thread Wine Analyzers (Vinmetrica, sentia, etc.) with Like.
It all depends on who you ask. For me? Totally unnecessary. The rule-of-thumb I was taught was 1/4 tsp K-meta per 19-23 liters of wine...
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Rice_Guy replied to the thread Wine Analyzers (Vinmetrica, sentia, etc.).@RylanJacobs 6 years back there were two Vinmetrica in the vinters club, mine made it 3, This year we are up to 5 out of 75 people...
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Rice_Guy replied to the thread The 2024 crop year.You are making me look beyond the next hill, wouldn’t have guessed California does this. My Midwest point of view is it has been...
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That has been my experience as well. New bungs are more slippery than older ones. Took a few days (with no tape), but they finally stuck.
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Unless your barrel is neutral I wouldn't want it filled with water. You will eliminate some of the remaining oak. I it were mine I would...
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Rice_Guy replied to the thread Fizzy Wine.You shouldn’t have to experience that defect, ,, sorbate is metabolized by Ozaie (common strain for MLF fermentation) producing a...