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    Barbera harvest

    Have any of you started the harvest for barbera here in Nor Cal? What is the PH that you are getting?. The brix for my grapes is about 24 but PH is 2.95 and some started to shrivel
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    Finer Wine Kit Petite Sirah

    I was going to give you some to try, but we arei Nor California. I believe they provide all the above. Good luck 👍
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    Finer Wine Kit Petite Sirah

    Interesting, I would suggest blend with Touriga Nacional and that will take care of providing rich, dense color. BTW this is the grapes that we grow and know how dense the color is. Where are you Located?
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    Long term bill storage

    Thanks for the info. I am planning to do one more racking and will add kmeta this week and will bottle maybe in October
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    Long term bill storage

    I have wine in carboys since last September. I am using airlock with brandy in them. As I understand it, the airlock does not allow oxygen flow. Hence I don't see a problem in leaving it until next September
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    Other Looking for a suggestions for a good Amarone wine kit

    Thanks for the recommendations. I'll have to find the yeast locally and probably will add water as the ph is still very low.
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    Other Looking for a suggestions for a good Amarone wine kit

    Refractometer. They were almost raisins and very sweet
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    Other Looking for a suggestions for a good Amarone wine kit

    Hi, we had Barbera that started turning into raisins so we decided to make Amarone style. I started with high brix of 36 and used BM 4x4 recommended for Amarone. It worked fine until it got stuck at brix of 14 and then liquid is thick like a syrup. Any ideas or recommendations on what to do...
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    Heat wave impact on harvesting the grapes

    I think for us it's all done. But we harvested some to make more Amarone although they might be smok tainted but will give it a try
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    Heat wave impact on harvesting the grapes

    Looks like a plan. The weather should improve here too but we are getting the smoke from Mosquito fire. The grapes brix is 25 and ph is 3.3 but they started to shrivel so I think we are done for this season. Hoping for better one next year
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    Heat wave impact on harvesting the grapes

    Where are you located? Did you increase the irrigation?
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    Heat wave impact on harvesting the grapes

    El Dorado county California
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    Heat wave impact on harvesting the grapes

    We are located in the foothills in Rescue. It's a young vineyard so I am wondering how does the heat wave late in the season like this impact the grapes and the vines?
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    Heat wave impact on harvesting the grapes

    We have Touriga Nacional grapes that are not harvested yet. Although they are heat tolerate but worried about the impact of this latest heat wave.
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