Hi,
I'm trying to make sure I'm protecting myself whilst spraying in the vineyard. I am currently using a knapsack sprayer, spraying only suplhur (Titan Ag top wettable 800wg) and copper (Nufarm champ 500wg) at label rates. Will potentially be moving towards a PTO fan sprayer when I expand my...
I've just bought a euro 30, will try it out this vintage (march, southern hemisphere). Looking to do the same tasks as you, so can let you know how it goes (remind me!)
To be honest ... We picked a price point that reflected what we were trying to present as our brands image.... Affordable but not cheap ($35-40 AUD). This gave us enough margin to use good quality ingredients but remain a more "down to earth" style
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but have you got the airlock in place? Whilst not using Spiedel, my VC tank lids are the same - they are slightly convex with the centre hole at the lowest point. With the air lock attached, I will let the lid float on the wine before slowly pumping up the...
Another possible strategy for dealing with high SG/overripe grapes would be to crush, run-off a certain percentage of free run, then bring back up to the original volume with acidulated water. This would obviously need to be done prior to fermentation, but may give preferable results over...
Have you seen the tank toppr airlock risers?
https://www.thebeveragepeople.com/tanktoppr-trade-airlock-riser-details.html
I haven't used them, but am in the samw boat as you looking for a better solution than the marble ones. They take a silicon bung in the top which could be vented for a s-lock.
Hi everyone, I tried out my SC-300 today and it seems like a great piece of kit, but I did have a clarifying question about when to stop the free SO2 test...
The manual says to stop when the reading goes above 50, and there are 20 consecutive beeps.
I just wanted to confirm that you stop the...
Thanks mate, appreciate the response. I ended up adding 10L on Thursday then another 10L on Sunday. Pressed off last night and it all appears to be going well and tasting really good!
Thanks, appreciate the response! Added 10L of water and 75g tartaric acid. Baume went from 13 to 12.2. not as big a drop as I had hoped, still deciding whether to add another 5L.
Cheers
Hi everyone,
After a bit of a short notice ability to get some grapes, I have started this year's vintage. Unfortunately the grapes were a bit overripe, with the Baume coming in a touch under 17! I'm a bit of a newbie, so I didn't realise sugar dilution was a thing until after I had pitched the...