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Anyone in Southern Ohio, Southern Indiana or Northern Kentucky growing Merlot? The only vineyard I know that grows any is Valley Vineyard in Warren County. Buds tend to be a little more tender than Cab. Franc or Cab. Sauv. Spring bud break is on par with Cab. Sauv. LT 50 is -10 F. We have...

Thinking ahead for 2022. I have some extra rootstock growing this year I can graft to next spring (late winter). Where could I order a handful of Scion wood from? Have not decided on variety, just thinking out loud at this point.

Has anyone tried this one? Deadline coming up fast (March 6). Any info appreciated. Thanks, Tony

Is there anyone on here growing Carmenere? I am looking for general information, clone used, rootstock used, any unique growing habits, harvest time, your growing zone, etc. We are thinking about doing a trial of Carmenere here on the farm, probably 200 vines, either 101-14 or RIP rootstock...

For anyone wanting juice buckets in the Cincinnati area, Listermann's will have juice buckets again, both California and Italian. On their California list there are 25 red varieties and 10 white along with 3 blush. Prices are $60 for red and $59 for blush and whites. These guys are great to...

Here in the east, Whiskey barrels are pretty common, specially in Kentucky and Tennessee where so much southern Whiskey is made. American white oak whiskey barrels new range from $165 to $190 or so, your choice of "char". On wine barrels, most of the same coopers that supply the whiskey...

Yup, primary overflowed. I am sure many of you have seen this before. I took my typical 7.9 gallon primary, sanitized it, poured in 6 gallons of Petite Sirah Chilean juice, added 3 pounds of fruit and 2 ounces of oak, pitched yeast, put cover on lightly and let it go. Stirred it several times...

Has anyone tried using the Chilean black seedless grapes at the grocery for adding tannin to juice buckets? There are a couple different ones that I usually see, one more round than the other, both are not slip skin varieties, some quite large. Last year, I used 7 pounds of these in 5...

Ok, look in the kitchen (or where ever) and currently (or within the past 90 days), what is the best wine you have purchased for under $8? Lets limit this to the past 3 months. Now what is the worse under $8 wine you have tried in the past 90 days? For my best under $8, I would say...

I am finishing a batch of Niagara wine (Welch's concentrate) for my son's upcoming wedding. Everything has went smooth, it has cleared, had k meta and sorbate added and has been back sweetened to 1.006. Ph is 3.6 and acid is 0.75%. It seems a little flavorless though. I used 3 1/2 cans of...

I am looking for a supplier for either fresh (frozen) juice or must buckets for Petite Sirah (Durif) from someone that ships. Any ideas? I didn't see any Petite Sirah listed on M & M wine grape web site. Or...anyone in the Cincinnati or Columbus Ohio area or Lexington Kentucky area with...

I have been making kit wines for the past couple years. On 8-11-13, I started a Winexpert World Vineyard French Cabernet Sauvignon. I followed the direction pretty close. My starting gravity was 1.092. At 1.010, it was racked off the sediment into a glass carboy. Once finished fermenting...

Is there a source for fresh red vinifera grapes in southern Ohio? I have contacted a few vineyards and they don't sell vinifera grapes as there is a shortage of locally grown vinifera grapes. Anyone in the Cincinnati area shipping in fresh vinifera grapes from the west coast? Thanks, Tony

I am thinking about putting in a test plot of 100 Gamay vines grafted on 3309 stock but I am having trouble locating a source for the vines. Anyone know who I can order these from for spring delivery? Thanks, Tony

I am on my third batch of apple wine. The first two were one gallon test batches, straight forward with no additions. They cleared and were bottled into beer bottles at 3 months of age, were clear and pretty nice. Now...on this current batch, I decided to experiment. This current batch...

A couple weeks ago I stopped in my LHBS and they were having a sale going on. I walked out with a World Vineyard French Cabernet Sauvignon kit. I am getting ready to start this (in the next week or so) and opened it up to look it over. The kit came with Red Star Premier Cuvee yeast. I know...

Hi everyone, I am new at wine making but have made hard cider a few times and I am an accomplished beer brewer. My current project is a 5 gallon batch of concord wine. This was started on March 16, made from Welch's Concord Grape juice with 7 pounds of crushed seedless grapes (black)...