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I just picked up a bottle of Five Oaks Shiraz for $3.33. I'd seen it in the local Rite Aid for the past few years and my curiosity finally got the best of me. For that price, I expected crap. I was wrong ... it's actually pretty good. Not world class by any stretch, but a solid everyday table...

Frog Holler is as much an event as it is a place. When the rains of February and March come around, ponds and marshes come alive with Spring Peepers and Chorus Frogs. They fill the night air with the promise of the coming Spring. It is a voice that calls us to gather friends and family for good...

I'm looking for suggestions on vineyard layout, specifically the southern (bottom)half of the property. Background: The entire tract is1480 ft long X 411 wide. Contour interval is shown5 ft. We plan to build a house near the center, where the ridge top flattens. From this spot down to the road...

The Wyeast (4007) liquid culture is half the price of the dry cultures I've seen. Has anyone had experience with this product or know of any reason I shouldn't try it?

I'll admit, I didn't think the data would be all that accurate. I guess I figured that the field sampling density wouldn't be high enoughtomake accurate assumptions for small areas of land and that thesoil dlineations and descriptions would be greatly generalized. I was wrong... For one...

College football and 108 lbs of grapes.... that's my definition of a good Saturday.

I mayneed an intervention; I think I just sold my house so I can plant vines.

I bottled this back in the Spring, but I'm just now getting around to posting the label.

Sorry to post twice on this forum.... but I didn't get much action in"Wine From Grapes". ********************* I Picked about 40 lbs of grapes at my parents place in Cullman, AL. My grandpa planted the oldest of the vinesjust over 50 years ago. Before that, the vineshad been on...

I Picked about 40 lbs of grapes at my parents place in Cullman, AL. My grandpa planted the oldest of the vinesjust over 50 years ago. Before that, the vineshad been on anotherhome-placein the area for at least 20 to 30 years. The locals call them "pink grapes". Cullmanwassettled by German...

I racked my 6 gallons of muscadine today. It was a nice dark ruby color.... until dosing withK-Sorbate (1.5tsp) and campden (6 tablets), now it's a washed-out blush. Is the kmeta bleaching the color? I'm not very hopefull that the color will return. I had named this batch Dark Beauty..... oh well.

The muscadine batches that I've done so far have used between 4.5 and 8 lbs of grapes per gallon. I haven't seen much onlinein the way of "all juice" (or mostly juice) recipes. I realize that the acid becomes an issue when you surpass around8lbs/gallon. I'm interested in pushingmy next...