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    Reusing Sodium Metabisulphite? Safe?

    @Rice_Guy my day is complete. And it is only 7:30 am
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    Your.. Own wine / Bought wine?

    About 2:1 for me. I keep opening bottles of my wine, in the interest of science.
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    Starting a new vineyard

    @GSMChris do you tie the canes to the catch wires? Maybe what you are growing Is well behaved. I grow Cab Sauvignon on something similar and all the canes flop over toward the downhill side because they are so heavy. I even use catch clips.
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    Taming Tannins

    I really must try egg white fining. I have a few bottles of Cab Sauv that still have the seed tannin bitterness on the end of the palate and I wonder if egg whites are the secret. I can sacrifice a bottle to the cause. The bitterness is greatly diminished from when the wine was young, but I...
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    Tips for racking with 1 barrel

    I used to be very paranoid about oxidizing wine during racking. I use carboys and very carefully avoided any unnecessary exposure. This made racking a ***** because that means I need to have a few empty carboys at the ready. I have recently started racking into a bucket, adding my K-meta or...
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    Starting MLF with Chardonnay

    I have had carboys turn into volcanoes simply by moving them. But it ususally takes an hour for it to happen, just enough time to leave the room and come back to a mess.
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    When to deacidify? Before or after aging?

    Like everyone else, I say wait if you can. I think there is no fixed number for what bitartrate drops out of wine. It will depend on how much potassium is in the grapes. Also, was your sample degassed before testing pH? CO2 will throw off your measurement.
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    Winemaking 2023 is gearing up.

    I am doing the winemaking by Lake Tahoe. We had a great Thanksgiving with the family. Lasagne and garlic bread. No one complained about dry turkey this year. I made a Libby’s pumpkin roll because I insist on SOMETHING being traditional LOL. I saw a coyote gnawing on the frozen lees the next...
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    2023 Syrah: Supersize me!

    International Wine Challenge describes mousiness as: Trying to imagine this. My mind is conjuring up Nacho cheese Doritos, dirty socks and popcorn.
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    Vintner's Harvest canned fruit

    Once again, time is my friend. The blackberry wine is getting better. I notice much more aroma, and a smell that I associate with Kmeta additions has mostly disappeared. All these problems may be due to bottle shock. I just don’t know, but I am learning to just forget about the wine and let it...
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    Winemaking 2023 is gearing up.

    Splash racking is the project for today, I am picking up whiffs of stressed out yeast. Jell-O grape pudding pops!
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    Winemaking 2023 is gearing up.

    Racking the port off gross lees. Incredibly I am still seeing bubbles. I am not sure of the source yet Not worrying about oxygen like I used to. And what a glob of lees!
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    Homemade vs. Commercial and what I am doing to close the gap

    I thought steam cleaning barrels was used to get the sediment out, not to santitize.
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    Winemaking 2023 is gearing up.

    The 2023 pressing is done! I got ~50 gallons of wine this year, a very good amount considering the trouble I had with the grapes. I woke up to Port wine all over the workshop floor. The airlock has overflowed twice now. Stopping a ferment at 6 Brix is difficult. The port tastes good and now I...
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    Thoughts on California wine

    I always think of Sideways when I see a spit bucket
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