Recent content by Tatiana

Good question! This is the first year that we have had this quantity of grapes, as a new vineyard we planted 3 yrs. ago just started producing. The previous 2 years were our first experience with wine making, and we had only about 25 gallons each year. We used carboys and learned the process...

Thank you for your replay. I will be racking my 150 gal today. I did not rack right away last year . I did it three month later after the press . And it had no problem with any bad aroma. The difference was that we used carboys for storage last year. I also had to cool my must this year ( it...

We made red wine from our grapes 3 weeks ago. Primary fermentation went perfect and the wine went to the new stainless steal tanks that we just purchased. For some reason , I smelled a strong aroma of sulfur ( rotten egg) in our wine today coming from the bottom of the tanks. When I opened the...

I found this info today. I thought you would be interested. • Sorry for messed up copy/ paste style. I tried my best but my computer was fighting me today. Influenceofsoilphysicalproperties.Fine-texturedsoilshavehigherwater-holdingcapacitiesand shallower infiltration rates than...

Oh no, no confusion at all ! I have a better picture now. You gave me a lot of information and answered a few questions on some things that I could not make sense off. I will try to find out how far 114 roots go and how deep our " gold" is hidden ( water). ;) We just tilted the soil ( 2-4...

I had the same problem last year. We lost some of our grapes to willy birds. Where do you buy your net? I want to compare to my source . I will try our " Birdy " device for a week or so. In the mean time, I need more of that net, many balloons and lots of sparkling things ! The war is on ! ;)))

I am not worried as much about the nursery water run off ( I do not think they lose a lot ) as I worry about my grapes not be able to grow deep enough to find " China". ;) I will start with the Soil Survey ! About the cover crop . We already have CA puppies that bloom beautifully during spring...

Thank you for taking time to reply to me. I did a lots of research about dry farming lately. I am very interested to gradually switch but unfortunately I have a few obstacles . Our root system is not a drought tolerant kind, as I found out from our supplier from Nova vines, but a disease...

It is a device which has different sounds of birds recorded that could be a threat to your local birds . It randomly starts throughout the day in a volume that you choose and can cover a range of 1 acre and up ( depending on a model) . Many vineyards use this technic instead of netting their...

I want to add a few more details about our vineyard in addition to my previously placed question about dry farming: 1.The distance between the grapes is 8 feet by 8 feet 2. Clay soil, slightly hilly, breezy site 3. Annual rainfall is about 13,7 inch 4. The grapes are 3 years old ( cab, merlot...

I just bought my first, as I named it, " Birdy" device to scary hungry flying creatures away from our juicy first crop. Has anyone have any bad or good experiences with this kind of a technic of a crop protection that you can share with me? Thank you.

We have about total of 350 vines of Cabernet , merlot, Zinfandel and Chardonnay . It is 3 years old small vineyard in Vista, CA. I have been using dripping style of irrigation since we planted the vines in clay type soil, sunny and breathy hilly site . The vines are doing great and ready to give...