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  1. Hokapsig

    Pumpkin Wine from Pumpkin Juice

    for my Tri-state winemakers, i see that Walkers has Pumpkin juice this year. Looking for a: Tried and true recipe using pumpkin juice your opinion of how your's came out and any tweeking you would recommend Was this a crowd pleaser? What to watch out for. Any responses greatly appreciated. I'm...
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    wine equipment for sale - outside Pittsburgh

    Selling equipment from our home wine making days: All in One pump with whole house in line filter Whole house filter wrench 3 gallon glass carboys 5 gallon glass carboys 6 gallon glass carboys 14 gallon demi johns with coverings 6 gallon ratchet press 2 Italian corkers 1 Portuguese corker...
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    FDA inspections

    Had another winery owner get a notice that their home based winery would be inspected by the FDA. If a winery has more than 11 employees, the winery must be registered with the FDA under the Bioterrorism Act. Fortunately, we have less than 11, and this over reaching regulation will keep wineries...
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    fermenters and carboys and equipment

    Posting for a friend: https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/for/6121851136.html I understand the juice is gone already.....
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    Lable me "frustrated"

    Background - Thanks to Julie, who introduced me to fruit wine making about 5 years ago, I make a tasty (so I am told) Cranberry Pomegranate wine. Goes great with folks that get headaches from the tannin rich grape wines as there is little tannins in this wine. It goes over so good, that now I...
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    Our first Wine show....

    Well, this past Sunday we did our first wine show. The show was at the Convention center in downtown Pittsburgh and was featured as a "Women and Wine" show. The promoters told us that they had presold 8000 tickets and that there would be 14 wineries and about 70 other vendors catering to women...
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    Flex tanks

    Question about Polyethylene flex tanks - I have Cab Sauv in 2 of the tanks and there is staining from the juice on the tanks. I pressure washed and k meta'd the tanks. Is there anything else I can do to sanitize the tanks and will the staining cause any contamination issues?
  8. Hokapsig

    commercial picking

    Let's say that you have a vineyard that needs picked at harvest time. Do you prefer manual or mechanical picking and why? And for those that use either one, about what cost are you looking at for each method?
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    natural versus synthetic

    Here is a quick article about the cork industry: http://triblive.com/business/headlines/7400833-74/cork-wine-corks#axzz3MY97wmyM Actually, in my wine class, this was an open ended test question on whether a winemaker would go with natural, plastic or screw top. Which one would you perfer and...
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    My Grandmother - true story

    My grandmother was a spit fire. At a towering 4 foot 10 inches, grandma commanded respect and spoke her mind like many grandma's. When my grandparents came up from Florida to visit, my parents would take all of us out to dinner. At one particular dinner, grandma was in rare form, giving her...
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    Early beginnings...

    I'd like to ask the professional winery owners a question. When you first started out professionally, how many cases did you produce your first year and how did you determine that number? Starting a winery where there once was none is tough enough, but to try to figure out what type of...
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    Winter damage

    http://triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/5871302-74/wine-grape-grapes#axzz2y2ZV8MEI With the nasty winter, how is this going to affect the current year's crop? Especially in PA/OH/NY where a new winery might need to source juice/grapes??? Winery owners, I'm interested on hearing your take on...
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    Celery aftertaste

    I made a 3 gallon batch of candy cane from melted candy canes. I then blended with 3 gallons of Thompson Seedless. Backsweetened to 1.020. The wine has a nice peppermint nose and up front peppermint taste, but my wife says it has a celery aftertaste. What could be causing this celery taste???
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    Hey Canadian friends....

    Or New York friends that can jump the ditch to the great white north.... http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/tor/hsh/4065671436.html http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/for/4105554669.html http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/bra/for/4047345606.html My Canadian connection doesn't call me...
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    outstanding deal in DC

    Would someone please jump on this? It's the wrong side of DC for me.... http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/for/3963151586.html Glass Carboys - $5 (Md suburbs near Andrews AFB) 2-6gal , 2-5gal, and 3-3gal glass carboys clean and used once. Also, other wine making equipment. Floor...
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    How sweet is too sweet?

    I need to pick your brains if you dont' mind and I realize to each his own on taste and sweetness, BUT... I have been backsweetening my wines to 1.010, but I checked a nice Niagara that we recently procured and and its at 1.020 which is a little sweet, but not sweet enough to be overly sweet...
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    Wine Fault diagnosis

    We sat down to enjoy a Rose wine that we had picked up from North Carolina 2 years ago. The wine, when poured, had a brown tint and has a germanium aftertaste to it. I'm still drinking it because it has Muscadine in it (and I'm a big Musky fan). Meanwhile, the wife is now enjoying a Clarion...
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    stuck fermentation

    I started 15 gallons of lemon skeeter pee in the winery (basement of the house). My wife then turned on the AC which cooled down the house and the basement (winery). Would this cause my 1118 yeast to stop fermenting? My Skeeter Pee went from 1.080 to 1.015 but then stopped. I added more yeat...
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    selecting a wine press

    Due to speaking with Doug, I now have convinced myself that I need to purchase a wine press. I am considering pressing grapes, berries (when I follow Doug to his elderberry stash) and apples. However, before purchasing, what other questions do I want to ask or need answers to? I just don't know...
  20. Hokapsig

    OSHA and wineries

    http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=22212 Just another thing to be concerned about when thinking about opening a winery. Fortunately, this is something that I have a specialty in. If you need assistance with OSHA issues at your winery, just drop me...
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