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I have been trying to decide what is the best way to stop lateral movement by trained vines. I don't like the look of bamboo in the vineyard and they sometimes slide down too. Agties seem to slide around quite a bit and I worry about girdling from the rubber band ties. Branch ties are enticing...

I thought I would start a thread to show the progress of my newest addition to my vineyard this year. I will be planting 300 Chardonel vines grafted on 3309 rootstock. You will see the three rows at the top of the hill that I planted last year. Those are a mixture of vines from Marquette to...

Just a curiosity post. I just started fermenting this kit and it involved a packet of toasted oak. I thought this was strange for this type of white but its not like I have a whole lot of experience in this hobby. I just really disliked oak on my Chardonnay's but learned it was because I only...

So I know someone that just "found" an Enolmatic and Tandem filter and he asked if I would like them. They are heavily used but were well taken care of and still in the original boxes with supplies and instructions. We will be talking about this in the next couple days but I was just wanting...

It has begun. This will be where I update the progress from burying the cuttings to planting them in the vineyard in a year. This is a new process for me and those who I'm working for so details are a bit fuzzy and will change over time. So to get started we have taken about 1000 LaCrescent...

I attended the Kansas grape growers and wine makers conference today and a brilliant Dutchman came in to speak about his ozone generator. Some wineries swear by it and never use a chemical(besides in the wine) while others are in between or won't touch it. Was curious who has heard of it. Main...

I am currently "cold stabilizing" my unoaked chard in my garage. I received the juice from freshly pressed grapes this fall(awesome bonus from the internship by the way). Do many people oak this late? I don't like the buttery taste of the over oaked chards you find in the stores in my price...

Please don't jump on me cuz I am learning this is a no no even though I do not like those overly oaked chards I'm used to. I have loved some chards from France that I was lucky enough to taste in classes(most people guessed wrong when they said no oak was used,like me). The main reason I made...

So I was out pruning a vineyard today and noticed some vines with very large nodes and they seemed to branch more than normal(at least to me). It was very spotty throughout the rows. This was a mix between vines planted this past year and some the year before. They were all in grow tubes...

I have loved all the info on the site but am having trouble finding enough on growing from cuttings. Grapeman has some quality threads which is where I have started plus my background in horticulture has helped. I just want to throw some ideas out about what I want to try and let you all shoot...

Did you all get what you wanted this year? Any new fun toys for making wine? I was lucky enough to get a floor corker from my parents along with a gift card to the local brew shop. No more workouts with the double lever!

I was lucky enough to get 6ish gallons of some fresh Kansas grown Chardonnay this fall as a bonus. Its my first go at a white from grapes, I have done a few reds over the last couple years but preferred to let mother nature do its thing with those. I have the chard in a carboy now and will rack...

I'll just start with a little about myself. I'm a recent Horticulture graduate interested in wine and have been lucky enough to meet Dennis and Cindy Reynolds of Somerset Ridge Vineyard and Winery, where ill be working when the new year comes. I have only been pursuing my interests for about a...