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I’m learning by trial and tribulation how to grow grapes and lost a few plants along the way. I have a couple of rows of Pinot noir 777 on 3309 root stock. I need to replace five and am struggling to find a source as I live in Washington which is very restrictive for shipping of grapes. I’ve...

I was last active on this forum a decade ago when I was dabbling in some wine kits and fruit wine so figured I should re-introduce myself. Now I live on some acreage and decided to plant some Pinot Noir clones to give me something difficult to do while my wife is working in her vegetable garden...

Finally got my CC Red Mtn Cab Sav going, just racked off the gross lees and now its sitting in a 5 gallon glass carboy with the topping off left overs enjoying life in beer bottles and a growler. So, I figure that the kit makers put in plenty of SO2 to go get to the bottle as long as you follow...

So far I am pretty well focused in on the Vinmetrica for SO2 unless someone has a better idea that keeps in that price range. But, I still need other lab equipment. I haven't found anything on the search so please help me figure out what I need to start my wine lab, particularly towards the...

So help me wrap my head around this, my understanding is that you don't do a MLF in a wine kit because they contain a significantly higher level of malic acid so MLF would result in much more lactic acid then normal and thus to low a final pH? That said, how is the wine ever stable? Is it...

Can I get some thoughts on SO2 testing kits that are available? I'm on my first kit right now and will probably be kit only for a few years. However, I will eventually make wine from grapes (going to be planting around 30 vines next season). Until then I am planning on bulk aging everything...

I got the go-ahead to plant some grape vines in the backyard. Problem is I cannot find a local source and a friend of mine who owns a small vineyard said his understanding is that Washington state law recently changed so you cannot import vines from out of state so I could not use the Oregon...

To go along with my thread on good books for making wine in the beginner forum, please thoughts on good books on viticulture...they seem extremely expensive so I don't want to guess here.

I apologize as I'm sure this has been asked a 100 times over, but my search didn't pull anything relevant. So please thoughts on wine making books that are must haves in my library. I'm not too interested in intro books, I'm looking for stuff that really gets into the meat and potatoes of...

New guy so please be patient as I'm on my first few steps of what looks like a steep learning curve. As soon as a Morebeer delivery arrives with a new cartridge for my water filter I will be putting together my first wine kit...CC Red Mountain. So from everything I have heard, if I follow...

Greetings all, I'm a long time homebrewer just getting my feet wet in making wine. Bought a CC Red Mountain as my first go since its one of the finest AVA's in my state IMO. I have a wealth of knowledge in making beer so I please bear with me as I will invariably see through a brewers lense as...