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I searched the forum a bit and see others have had wine overflows. I am trying to figure out from the knowledgeable on how bad I screwed up. My Pinot Gris has gone thru primary. Last night I racked it into carboys and I see no more bubbling at the airlock and I assumed it was finished. My...

I have dabbled with fermentation for a long time, in the 80's I was making a little beer, I have done some wine from berries, made some skeeter pee, hard cider...... I certainly dont call myself a wine maker. 4 years ago I planted a little 320 plant vineyard. This is my first harvest. I...

I have been puttering in my grapes for a few years, this year will hopefully be my first harvest. I had always intended on selling my grapes to the home wine maker as I didn't think I would have enough grapes to sell to a winery. For the last couple years when I cross paths with a winery I...

I got plenty to learn about grape diseases. Was out checking the plants this morning and see some funk on the leaves of one of my plants (Pinot Noir). Can somebody tell me what this is? Some of the leaves have a hard wrinkly portion on the leaves. I hope to get another round of spraying on...

I was really hoping my batch of DB was going to be ready for our party the 4th. After spending about a week hung up at 1.2 this morning it was at 1.1. I set the fermenter out in the sun today, knowing it is going to be warm the next few days in the NW. Lets say I plan to proceed towards...

I went to the local vineyard supply and asked for a spray for my grapes. I dont see anything on my new plants needing sprayed, but I have been told by every grape grower I have talked to, if you can see it, you are to late. Spray early and often seems to be the motto. Staying ahead of the...

Well I had to dip my toe in the skeeter pee. I tried to follow the recipe as best I could, I was at 1.06 when I was done mixing and adding ingredients. I opted to just go for a little less alcohol :slp than add more sugar. It took a while to get it going, mostly because I think I was...

For those of you who buy grapes for making wine, how much do you pay per pound for grapes? I assume it matters on the variety of grape, but if you have bought grapes how much did you pay per pound and for what kind of quantity and species? I have never bought wine grapes, and hope to install...

I am not much of a wine person, but since I live in wine country, have a couple acres doing nothing, I am going to dabble in the wine grape growing as a hobby. I dont know much of anything about growing grapes, but I do know when I have asked 5 grape growers how to do it, I have gotten 7...