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Found a 10 gallon ratchet press for $200, I may be able to get him down a little. Looks a little rough, maybe needs a board or two replaced, but it is in working order. I'm thinking $200 is a fair price as I can clean it up & replace a couple boards. I didn't really look at it closely I just...

Maybe I'm being a little cautious, but should you be concerned about this soap saturating the soil around your roots? May not be healthy for the vines.

I'm with TonyR, $1.50 is pricy. $1.00 / lb is what I paid this year. I guess you're paying for the picking experience.

I have a freezer full of cab sav, merlot, Sangiovese & chambourcin. These have been fermented & pressed once. I plan on using them again. They're all in gallon freezer bags now. I'm thinking about trying to order 15-25 gallon of cab sav juice & adding these crushed grapes back in during...

A friend picked this up at a yard sale with intentions of trying to make wine. But, after a couple years never started a batch. He just gave this to me today. I've never seen this design in the glass of one. Arrowhead design around the top & bottom. The very bottom says "Arrowhead puritas...

I'd go with the high velocity lead. But I'm usually asleep when they're munching on my leaves. The ghost pepper sounds like a good idea. I'm thinking the coyotes may help. Sounded like 50 of them howling last night. Woke me up it was so loud.

I added last night. Rehydrated & dumped it in. Didn't stir, I'll look at it tonight. Will the airlock start bubbling again?

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I was thinking about solar powered lights & sound alarm for keeping the deer away. I found one that has a voice alarm. Anyone tried this? It looks like a relatively inexpensive option without all the posts of the electric fence to mow around.

& no sulfite since before primary.

Great! Yes, cold stabilizing this winter.

So I was planning on MLF with my 25 gallon of chamborcin. But I've been swamped & havent added the vp41. ITs been a couple weeks since it has been done fermenting. Can I still add the vp41? Thanks Brian

Never seen anything like that. But it's my first year of doing wine from grapes. Hope someone can chime in with a positive answer for you. A side note, be very careful adding water to top off carboys. It's easy to dilute it too much. I use my older wine of a similar type. Store bought if...

I'm assuming this is acid that would fall out during cold stabilization. ? Do I still need to cold stabilize? I was getting ready to rack it off the sediment. This is Traminette wine.

So if I can find an old fridge or better a large deep freeze & modify the thermostat , I could set it for mid 30's & do the carboys in 2 week spans. ?

That's what I was thinking the advice would be. Has anyone ever dropped a carboy into a deep freeze for a few weeks?

I have about 9 gallons of this wine. Crushed the grapes, pressed & fermented. Stabilized & cleared. It looks very nice. As I've said in a few other posts, this is my first season of making wine from grapes, but I have years of experience in fruit wines & kits. Along with that I know very...

Midwest had VP41 last week.

Looks great! I'll be watching for updates.

Thanks. I ordered it last night. It'll be here Tuesday. What did we ever do before Amazon prime?